Abstract
Publisher Summary Packaging can be defined as all products made of any material of any nature to be used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery, and presentation of goods from raw materials to processed foods, from the producer to the user or the consumer. Environmentally friendly packaging is supposed to highly respect and minimize to the maximum extent its repercussions on the environment. There are many legislative and environmental considerations that make packaging so important. This chapter describes the adjustments and improvements that are being made to the Directives to ensure that they address every possible issue related to environmental and health protection. This chapter focuses on the current packaging waste legislation and foodstuff-contact legislation in the European Union (EU), packaging legislation applicable to biodegradable materials, and to indicate in general which provisions the packaging industry must fulfill to ensure that EU targets are complied with. The EU legislation aims to assimilate all the national legislation of the Member States to generate new complete Directives that all the Member States are required to follow. The achievement of the Single Market is associated with the removal of barriers to free trade, such as tariffs and equivalent taxes, quantitative restrictions to imports, or technical rules with an equivalent effect.
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