EU PACKAGING & PACKAGING WASTE REGULATION
The Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2025/40 – has applied across the EU since 12 August 2026.
If you sell a packaged product under your own brand, the compliance documentation is now your responsibility, not your supplier’s. New substance restrictions also apply, including limits on PFAS in food-contact packaging.
The next major milestone is 1 January 2030, when the heaviest design requirements take effect.
Redesign and requalification take time, so it’s worth planning now – done well, it can also lower costs by optimizing material use and sourcing.
Speak to our PPWR team – contact details on the bottom of the page.
WHY NOW
Packaging redesign and material requalification are not quick fixes. Testing, supplier changes and approvals all take time.
Below, we set out the key PPWR milestones and how Emendo can support your path to compliance, whether that means end-to-end support or help at a single step.
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PPWR — HOW WE WORK
2030 is approaching fast and redesigning packaging and requalifying materials take time. Emendo can assist with your PPWR journey – whether it’s throughout the entire process or at any individual steps:
We assess your packaging solutions against the PPWR, confirming compliance and identifying any eventual gaps
We prioritise what shall happen now, what depends on upcoming criteria, and what can be designed once for the long term.
We run the redesign, requalification and supplier work, and produce the documentation to prove compliance
Strong technical know-how in plastic material and substitution
ISO 14044-compliant LCA to quantify the environmental gain from a redesign
Recyclable design, material and weight reduction, and design for reuse
Supplier documentation, plus a broad network to source compliant alternatives
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