19/12/2024 (Agence Europe) – The Council of the European Union formally adopted the draft regulation on packaging and packaging waste at the Energy Council on Monday 16 December. The regulation will come into force eighteen months after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU, in the coming weeks. The new rules include packaging reduction targets (5% by 2030, 10% by 2035 and 15% by 2040) and require Member States to reduce plastic packaging waste in particular. From 2030,...