13 Dec 2023 --- A platform of almost 50 organizations from 13 European countries is calling for the amendment of the final PPWR wording — acknowledging the key role of a deposit return system (DRS), as a “necessary tool” to ensure true circularity for single-use beverage containers in the EU. The group says that in the plenary, all amendments aimed at making DRS voluntary for member states were rejected by the European Parliament (EP), showing a firm position of the EP, in line with the original proposal by the European Commission (EC), to have DRS become the norm in Europe. But the platform stresses that the wording on DRS, a result of the EP’s vote, lacks the ambition and the strength of the initial wording of the EC and could open the door to shortcuts and loopholes that could delay the implementation of DRS across Europe.
