This Playbook arrives at a pivotal moment in the European packaging landscape. With the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) recently approved and with more Member States in the process of considering, implementing or redesigning DRS, the Playbook provides a practical, experience-based guide to creating effective collection systems for the environment, consumers and the beverage industry. The development of DRS has been ongoing for several years. When designed and implemented well, DRS can significantly improve the quality and quantity of beverage packaging recycling.
‘There can be no one-size-fits-all for DRS. Every system will need to take into account the country’s specific context. But with this Playbook, we hope to provide the essential ingredients to build effective schemes. By working together and sharing key learnings and best practices, we can build solutions which will deliver circularity for beverage packaging across Europe’, said Patricia Fosselard, Secretary General of NMWE.
‘We are excited to release this playbook. It is a major collaborative effort bringing together our extensive expertise in DRS engagement with one clear goal: to inspire and guide stakeholders in making new DRS work effectively across Europe. This is an important step in our own circularity actions and helping the industry to accelerate progress toward a circular economy for beverage packaging’, adds Nicholas Hodac, Director General of UNESDA.
