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Is the packaging of medicines and medical devices subject to environmental labeling requirements?
With the response to a petition for review On environmental labeling, the Ministry of Ecological Transition has clarified that. Packaging that constitutes the sales unit of human or veterinary medicines, ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
What coding should be used for a plastic and aluminum poly-bonded package in which the predominant material is a polymer not listed in the Annex of Decision 129/97/EC or even in the UNI 1043-1 technical standard?
For such constituted packaging, there is currently no coding for material identification, as neither Decision 129/97/EC nor UNI 1043-1 provides an abbreviation for the polymer that constitutes the predominant part ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
Where can I access information about environmental packaging labeling provisions in other European countries?
Expra (Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance) has mapped, as part of the P4R project (https://www.packaging4recycling.eu/the-p4r-project.php), documentation of information about packaging environmental labeling provisions in other European countries. The mapping is available ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
How should packaging be labelled if it remains soiled with its contents (e.g. jars with residue of hair removal wax)?
In general, all packaging can be disposed of in separate collection only if emptied of the substantial residues of their content. This applies as a basic rule for a correct ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
How to report environmental labeling information on the transport documents that accompany the goods (e.g., ddt)?
Pursuant to the legislative decree of 3 September 2020, all packaging (primary, secondary and tertiary) released for consumption in Italy is subject to the obligation of environmental labeling. Packaging intended ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
Is it possible to use a qr code that links to a generic list with all our packaging?
For some types of packaging, it can be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to affix the complete environmental labeling (for example, small-sized packaging or packaging with limited spaces, those for ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
When using codings with which no specific material is associated (e.g., 7 to 19 in the case of plastic packaging)?
There are a number of numberings in Decision 129/97/EC that are not yet associated with any material and hopefully will be in the future if the legislature updates the Annexes ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
What code should be used to identify a paper-based composite packaging with bioplastic?
For paper-based composite packaging with bioplastic, it is indicated to adopt C/PAP coding 81, as well as for paper-based composite packaging with traditional plastic, since “plastic” means both types of ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
Where to confer a cap consisting of cork/wood and plastic?
In the case of composite packaging consisting mainly of cork/wood with plastic (>5%), it should be noted that Annex VII does not provide identification coding for this type of packaging, ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023
Where to confer a cork stopper?
If the cork is made of cork, the consumer should be instructed to dispose of it in dedicated separate collection, where applicable, or in the separate collection for organic waste, ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023