{"id":7705,"date":"2025-01-28T07:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/?post_type=stire&#038;p=7705"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:15:19","slug":"noi-reglementari-europene-privind-ambalajele","status":"publish","type":"stire","link":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/stire\/noi-reglementari-europene-privind-ambalajele\/","title":{"rendered":"New European packaging regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union recently published\u00a0<strong>Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR)<\/strong>, which will bring significant changes to the way hotels and restaurants operate across Europe. The regulation enters into force on 11 February 2025 and has a deadline for transposition into the legislation of each member state\u00a0<strong>until August 12, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The main aspects that will affect operations in the HORECA sector:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Banning Single-Use Packaging<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Implementation deadline:\u00a0<strong>January 1, 2030<\/strong>, the use of single-use packaging for food and drinks consumed in hotels and restaurants will be banned. This includes single-serving packaging such as sugar, sauces and creams. This paves the way for the adoption of reusable and more sustainable solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoting Reuse<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Implementation deadline: \u00a0<strong>February 12, 2027<\/strong>, hotels and restaurants will be required to offer customers the option to fill their own take-away containers at no additional cost. In addition, from\u00a0<strong>February 12, 2028<\/strong>, reusable packaging options must be available, thus contributing to the reduction of packaging waste. HORECA operators will need to inform consumers about the availability of these options.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compliance with Recycling Regulations<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Implementation deadline:\u00a0<strong>January 1, 2030<\/strong>, all packaging used in the HORECA sector must be recyclable, which will require economic operators to re-evaluate and improve packaging strategies in accordance with the principles of sustainability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimizing Packaging Efficiency<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Economic operators will have to ensure that the ratio of empty space between the grouped packaging and the sales packaging does not exceed 50%. This will help reduce waste and streamline operational costs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Existing legislation in Romania<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the provisions apply\u00a0<strong>OG 6\/2021\u00a0<\/strong>of September 2021 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, which impose a ban on the placing on the market of the following plastic products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ear buds;<\/li>\n<li>Cutlery (forks, spoons, knives, Chinese chopsticks);<\/li>\n<li>Plates;<\/li>\n<li>Drinking straws;<\/li>\n<li>Drink stirrers;<\/li>\n<li>Sticks that attach to balloons or support balloons;<\/li>\n<li>Food containers made of expanded polystyrene (PE) used to contain products that are consumed on the spot, packaged or ready to eat without requiring additional preparation;<\/li>\n<li>Beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene (PE), including their stoppers and lids;<\/li>\n<li>Beverage cups made of expanded polystyrene (PE), including their lids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This EU Regulation comes with additional measures, which will have to be transposed into local legislation according to the mentioned deadlines.<\/strong>\u00a0Future obligations will bring operational changes, so operators are encouraged to evaluate current packaging strategies and explore alternatives that meet the new sustainability requirements.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the PPWR regulation and its impact on HORECA, you can access the text of the Regulation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202500040\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202500040\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7706,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"class_list":["post-7705","stire","type-stire","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_cat-stiri"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stire\/7705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stire"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stire"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fihr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}