Then the rollout of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) began earlier this year, attention naturally focused on the likes of bottles, cartons and wrappers.
But pallets, containers and other transport packaging are also firmly within scope, which means UK beauty manufacturers exporting to Europe will need to pay much closer attention to this often-overlooked part of the supply chain.
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The new regulation is being introduced in phases, and from 2030 operators using specified transport packaging within the EU will generally need at least 40% of it to be reusable within a reuse system.
Certain movements within the same business group or within a single Member State will carry 100% reuse requirements.
For beauty manufacturers, the implications depend on how goods enter and move through the EU.
The EU importer may hold certain responsibilities, but exporters will be asked for packaging specifications, declarations, reuse data and evidence of recovery.
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