They will offer reusable cans and bottles
The new EU regulation does not apply to wine and milk
There are no cardboard limits
When buying ready-made food for take-out, we will be able to use our dishes. This foresees a draft of a new EU regulation on packaging and packaging waste, which was presented at a forum organized by BSK. The aim is to limit the use of packaging, to encourage their recycling, as well as their reuse.
When selling ready-to-eat food from the warm windows of commercial chains, from pastry shops or restaurants, the use of reusable containers should also be encouraged. In order to promote waste prevention, a new concept of “refilling” should be introduced, the regulation says. Refilling is a specific waste prevention measure. This means that when buying takeaway food, people will have to be able to choose between using their own crockery, taking food boxes from the retailer which can then be reused, or buying food in disposable boxes. use.
At the moment, when selling ready-to-eat food from the warm storefronts of retail chains, they charge customers 25 cents for each disposable box. If a person buys four portions of food, he must give one lev just for boxes. The charge on single-use boxes was introduced to get people to gradually stop using them. Along with the charge on the boxes, traders were obliged to offer their customers alternative ways of selling the prepared food. However, in reality, most retailers do not offer such an alternative option, and people are forced to pay for the use of disposable boxes.
Currently, people cannot use their own utensils when buying takeout. Representatives of the commercial chains commented that this was done due to hygiene requirements and to guarantee the quality of the food. However, according to the new EU regulation, people will also be able to use their own containers. The expectations are that the regulation will be finally adopted next month.
The regulation also describes the exact rules under which people will be able to use reusable boxes offered by the traders themselves. Where a trader offers the option to purchase products by refilling, he must inform customers of the types of containers that can be used, the hygiene standards for refilling, and the end-user’s responsibility for health and safety when using the containers . This information will need to be updated regularly and displayed prominently on the premises or otherwise made available to customers.
From 1 January 2030, at least 10% of ready-to-eat food must be sold in reusable packaging or refillable boxes. From January 1, 2040, at least 40% of ready-to-eat food must be sold in such boxes.
The new regulation will apply not only to ready-made takeaway food, but also to the sale of all kinds of food and beverages, even to household electrical appliances. Traders selling large household appliances must ensure that from 1 January 2030 at least 10% of these products are provided in reusable packaging and from 1 January 2040 at least 50% of these products are provided in packaging reusable. The new rules will not apply to the sale of milk and wine, as well as paper or cardboard packaging.
Regulations
They give us money for returning plastic bottles
The whiskey bottle like the beer bottle
They will give us money for returning plastic bottles.
When returning plastic bottles up to 3 liters and jugs, people will receive money. A system for depositing plastic bottles and jugs should be introduced in every EU country. This is provided for by an EU regulation to be adopted next month.
The goal is that by 2029 at least 90% of plastic bottles and jugs will be collected to be recycled. Now they recycle a large part of the bottles through the separate collection of household waste. But forum participants explained that the goal of 90% of bottles being collected cannot be achieved without a deposit system.
In a number of EU countries, people have been able to return plastic bottles at points in large retail chains for years. People put the bottles in a machine, for which they receive cents. So they have an incentive to hand over the bottles for recycling. In our country, people put the bottles in containers for separate collection for free, and that’s why many people don’t do it.
The new EU regulation requires from 1 January 2030 at least 10% of beer, spirits and water sold to be in reusable or refillable bottles. This means that just as some places now accept beer bottles, they will also have to accept brandy and whiskey bottles for reuse.
They ban small shampoos in hotels
Limit the use of bags
Stop the small cuts of sauces
EU countries will have to limit the use of thin plastic bags when shopping.
The use of shopping bags should be limited. This is clear from a draft of a new EU regulation on packaging. Member countries must take measures to achieve a permanent reduction in the consumption of thin plastic shopping bags, the regulation says. A permanent reduction in bags is considered to have been achieved if, by 31 December 2025, annual consumption does not exceed 40 thin plastic shopping bags per capita.
In order to achieve this goal, EU countries may introduce a ban on the use of thin bags. So people will start using thicker reusable bags or switch to cloth shopping bags.
With the new EU regulation, the use of small shampoos in hotels will also be prohibited, with the aim of reducing the use of packaging. The use of ketchup, mustard and coffee creamer in small bags or single-serving containers will also be prohibited.
2024-03-28 18:02:00
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