Recital 16 PPWR — REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF…

Recital 16

PPWR

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 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(16) In line with the waste hierarchy, which places waste disposal through landfills as the least preferred option, the measures provided for in this Regulation should aim to reduce the quantity of landfill of packaging waste.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.