Scotland pushes back go live date for beverage container deposit return scheme

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against France in connection with its national rules governing waste sorting labelling. France mandates that household products belonging to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme bear both the “Triman logo”, and the “infotri”, which provides...

Once the European Commission presented its proposal for a revamp of the bloc’s rules on packaging and packaging waste in November, the work on the legislative project has shifted to the EU Parliament and Council. For Sweden, which assumed the rotating Presidency of the European Council at the beginning of 2023, it will...

In mid-August, the draft of the national mineral oil ordinance was submitted to be voted on by the German Bundesrat. To date, no decision has as yet been taken in favour of or against the legislative proposal. A Bundesrat spokeswoman said upon inquiry that submission of the draft to the committees was postponed by...