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EU PPWR
Analysis of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: scope, timelines, recyclability grades, recycled content, and reuse obligations for brands.
August 12, 2026
PPWR Is Now In Effect: What Packaging Brands Must Do Starting August 12, 2026
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies from 12 August 2026. Here is exactly which obligations are binding today, which phase in later, what enforcement looks like, and what to do this week.
August 11, 2026
PPWR Makes the Brand Owner the Manufacturer. Your Suppliers Hold the Evidence.
Under PPWR the manufacturer is normally the brand owner, not the converter. What the 12 August 2026 Declaration of Conformity actually requires, and where the evidence sits.