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The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) will be hosting a webinar on 27 May, discussing all updates to the final Parliamentary decision on the Plastics & Plastics Waste Regulation (PPWR). All of industry is invited to attend.

If you are wanting to better understand the final decisions and priority areas for the PPWR, the next steps for your business, the roadmap moving forward for all EU Member States, and the global implications for packaging design standards, then this webinar is for you.

In this WPO hosted webinar the speakers will discuss:

  • Navigating the final PPWR version: key measures and latest changes
  • Sustainable Packaging Design: Exploring Impacts on packaging design and sustainability indicators
  • A Roadmap to Compliance: Guidance on ensuring fitness for PPWR
  • Challenges for Data Management and Material Security: What PPWR means for retailers and brand owners

The moderator for the webinar will be Nerida Kelton, vice-president of Sustainability & Save Food from the WPO, and speakers will include: Lina Wimmer, Manfred Tacker and Charlotte Werner from Circular Analytics; and Alexander Reitz from PreZero.

The WPO invites everyone to attend free of charge. Please register today and share this link with your colleagues and anyone that is interested in the PPWR and its global implications.

Food & Drink Business

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