08 Jul 2021 --- With the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) entering into force on July 3, PackagingInsights sits down with Francesca Stevens, managing director at The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (Europen) and Antonino Furfari, managing director at Plastics Recyclers Europe, to discuss the legislation’s impacts on the packaging industry, waste management and single-use plastic alternatives. The SUPD has banned the ten most commonly found single-use plastic items on European beaches, representing 70 percent of all marine litter in the EU when combined with fishing gear. The items banned include single-use plastic cutlery, plates, straws and stirrers, plastic bags, packets and wrappers, and expanded polystyrene food and beverage cups and containers.
