EU has published EU 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, this regulation will replace Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Requirement Summary and Effective Dates:
On January 22, 2025, the Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulation establishes requirements regarding the entire life cycle of packaging and packaging waste, including waste reduction measures, harmful/hazardous substances restrictions, and promotion of recyclability and reuse.
| Restricted Substance | Limit |
|---|---|
Sum of the concentrations of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium | ≤ 100 mg/kg |
The regulation introduces new restrictions on the use of PFAS in food contact packaging materials from August 12, 2026.
| Restricted Substance | Limit |
|---|---|
Any PFAS as measured with targeted PFAS analysis (polymeric PFAS excluded from quantification) | ≤ 25 ppb |
Sum of PFAS measured as the sum of targeted PFAS analysis, where applicable with prior degradation of precursors (polymeric PFAS excluded from quantification) | ≤ 250 ppb |
PFASs (including polymeric PFAS)1 | ≤ 50 ppm |
1If total fluorine exceeds 50 mg/kg the manufacturer, importer or downstream user shall, upon request, provide to the manufacturer or the importer proof of the quantity of fluorine measured as content of either PFAS or non-PFAS.
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REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC
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