24 Nov 2022 --- A group of leading business representatives and consumer and environmental organizations are calling on the European Commission (EC) not to bow to a recent tide of industry lobbying pressure against planned revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), which are set to be announced next week. In a joint letter to EU industry chief Thierry Breton and environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, the signatories – including the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) – urge resistance against numerous pleas from industry associations claiming the revisions pose an “existential threat” to Europe’s economy.
