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Packages (both primary and secondary) sold in France and Italy should follow specific labeling requirements and bear their own symbols aiming to facilitate waste collection.
On 11 May 2022, Cosmetics Europe, together with a large number of organizations, has signed a letter to the European Commission urging the EU to stop fragmentation in different national rules on the packaging. Divergent national packaging requirements are hampering the EU industry’s aspiration to lead the transformation towards a Read more…
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world’s largest business organization, has updated its guide “Framework for Responsible Environmental Marketing Communications”.
Spain has a voluntary labelling system for the packaging of domestic products aiming to inform citizens about the correct separation, and disposal. Interestingly, although it is not mandatory, most of the products available on the market, have information on the correct separation of packaging waste.
A new requirement for environmental labelling is compulsory for products sold in Italy, according to the Legislative Decree No. 116/2020 dated 3 September 2020. In order to provide companies with useful information on this subject, CONAI had drawn up its own Guidelines and an interactive online tool called e-tichetta (available Read more…
There is a new requirement for products sold in France, which mandates the display of the Triman Logo, and sorting information on household packages. All packages should bear this label regardless of their recyclability. Cosmetic products fall under this requirement.
Due to the existence of different national labelling requirements, more than 62 European and national organizations sent a letter to the European Commission questioning an harmonized approach to labelling across the EU. In this letter they pointed out the difficulties companies face due to different regulations on packaging and its Read more…