By adopting the amended report by the French Liberal, Frédérique Ries (Renew Europe), by 56 votes to 23, with 5 abstentions, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), voted, on Tuesday 24 October, in favour of a revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive that would reconcile ambition in tackling the mountain of packaging waste (almost 190 kg per inhabitant in 2021) with pragmatism.
The package of compromise amendments to...