regulations

On 28 July 2023 the European Official Journal published a new Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. The text, consisting of 117 pages, introduces new requirements for the entire life cycle of all batteries sold on the EU market and clarifies the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme. While the...

On 30 November 2022 the European Commission announced a draft Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste . The proposal will introduce various requirements for all types of packages and will replace the current Directive 94/62/EC . Public consultation will be held until 7 March 2023. The deadline for comments may...

On 12 December 2022 New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment published a notice on the enforcement plan for the measure to ban plastic products under the waste management policies. Certain plastic products were already banned on 1 October 2022. 3E Review New Zealand prohibits manufacturing and selling hard-to-recycle materials and...