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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...