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What elements of non-prepackaged delicatessen products must include environmental labeling?

Environmental labeling should be provided for all those items that can be classified as “packaging.” In the case of non-prepackaged delicatessen products, the sausage casings, the metal seal integrated into ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023

Green claims or greenwashing?

Green claims are self-declarations that the producer transmits to the market to communicate the environmental characteristics of a product, and can therefore be tools adopted to guide consumer choice: they ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023

How to deal with packaging composed of 50% plastic and 50% non-packaging material (e.g., rubber, latex,…)?

Given the same material composition of a packaging, the principle that is applied is to check on a case-by-case basis, whether one of the materials that make up the packaging ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023

What to do in the case of manually non-separable labels affixed directly to products (such as brooms, buckets,…)?

In the case of a label that is not manually separable from a product, where possible, only the material identification coding as per Decision 129/97/EC may be affixed to the ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023

What packaging can be marketed after 1/1/2023?

On 28 February 2022, the law of 25 February 2022 n. 15 of conversion of the decree law 30 December 2021 n. 228 (so-called Milleproroghe). The art. 11 of the ...
Last modified on 01/03/2022

Which items are not packaging and therefore are not subject to the obligation of environmental labeling?

Some of the items that are not packaging are: StrawsCases for playing cardsPencils (both for writing / drawing and for make-up)Caps of pens / pencilsSticks for home fragrancesMetal seal attached ...
Last modified on 04/10/2023

Are the alpha-numeric codes for packaging made of virgin raw material the same also for packaging with second raw material (recycled material)?

The identification codes of the material pursuant to Decision 129/97 / EC are the same both for packaging made of virgin raw material and for packaging made of recycled material ...
Last modified on 24/11/2021

If the alpha-numeric coding is already affixed to the packaging, can it not also be shown on the label?

The environmental labeling can be affixed / printed / imprinted directly on the packaging, or on a support if it is provided in the packaging system (eg label). It is ...
Last modified on 24/11/2021

In the case of polymers other than those specified in the decision, should the number “7” be indicated before or after the abbreviation of the polymer?

While for the other codifications the Decision 129/97 / EC reports first the abbreviation and then the number, in the case of polymers other than those specified by the Decision ...
Last modified on 24/11/2021

How are painted glass packaging identified?

In the case of painted glass packaging, the identification code relating to the color of the untreated glass is envisaged, according to the relative Annex VI which provides for identification ...
Last modified on 24/11/2021