PPWR at the antipodes of balance. Initial targets and neutrality disregarded: plastic says no.
Unionplast-Federazione Gomma Plastica’s appeal to the Commission, Council and European Parliament is to ensure fair and rational rules. Read the press release and discover the statements of Marco Bergaglio, President of Unionplast.
PPWR: out of time the questionable and not conclusive results of LCA study by JRC, comparing single-use and re-usable packaging in HORECA sector
The release comes out of time, less than two weeks until the final PPWR political trialogue scheduled for 4 March, where reuse targets and bans on single-use packaging will undoubtedly be the hot topics of inter-institutional negotiations. What we want to highlight is not so much the questionable results of this study, but more the […]
Press Release: PACKAGING REGULATION, NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON FOOD WASTE AND CO2 EMISSIONS
All the representatives agreed to reassert the need for an approach to the PPWR which is not ideological but based on the data, highlighting the importance of plastic packaging in defending the value of products and extending their shelf-life, as well as its essential role as a tool for fighting food waste (of which 70% […]
Agreement between Gruppo Happy and Siropack Italia on RESPECT technology
This is why we have chosen Siropack Italia technology for sealing of our PET and r-PET single-material trays, signing an agreement for four S88 machines. Respect is one of Siropack Italia’s flagship new products, and perfectly aligns with Gruppo Happy’s innovative approach. It is a technology which, thanks to a special treatment applied to the […]
Unionplast – Comunicato stampa: Regolamento imballaggi
Con le parole dello stesso Presidente di Unionplast: “Siamo ancora una volta di fronte ad un provvedimento iniquo, ideologico, dai dubbi risultati ambientali e che ha l’aggravante di essere stato prodotto in assenza di una valutazione di impatto credibile.“ Leggi il comunicato stampa completo cliccando qui!
COMUNICATO STAMPA PRO FOOD: Verso la sostenibilità (reale) e il riconoscimento del „modello Italia“
Il comunicato stampa si sofferma su tre importanti aspetti di questo passaggio legislativo: – Una „vittoria“ del buon senso e di un modello globale. – Un’azione politica accorta e ben coordinata di tutti i rappresentanti italiani e non, a difesa di un intero sistema produttivo. – L’auspicio a restare uniti e a consolidare sempre più […]
Documento FilctemCgil – Femca-Cisl – Uiltec-Uilin
Oggi più che mai è fondamentale „sostenere e rafforzare l’economia circolare che ha caratterizzato il nostro Paese, non solo per valorizzare il modello industriale e gli investimenti pubblici e privati di questi anni, ma per garantire una giusta transizione anche da un punto di vista sociale.“ Leggi il documento completo
ProFood Press Release
Last days’s headlines following the vote in the European Parliament’s environment committee on the proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), wrongly spoke of a clear victory for the green ideology with regard to packaging. In reality, this is only one step, albeit an important one, in the complex legislative path of […]
Re-thinking fish box
The fight against marine pollution from fish trays in Italy: a commitment that MAGIC PACK srl, a GRUPPO HAPPY company, has taken on at the request of WWF Italia by designing and creating a new single-material packaging solutions for this type of application, made from extruded polystyrene and containing up to 50% post-consumer recycled material […]
BETWEEN RECYCLING AND REUSE
The interviewees included the authoritative voice of Fabrizio Bernini, Communication & Sustainability Manager at Gruppo Happy. The position of the industrial sector is very clear about this: eliminating fruit and vegetable packaging is not the solution (not even for packages below one and a half kilos), even less so if this decision derives from ideological […]
