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Packaging, plastics, and the unsettled food waste question

September 28, 2026

A punnet of strawberries has been redesigned at least three times over the past decade: once to be biodegradable, once to be recyclable, and now, potentially, banned outright if it weighs less than 1.5kg. That regulatory whiplash captures a tension running through the EU's plastics and packaging agenda that is easy to miss amid application dates and delegated acts: rules designed to cut packaging waste can work against the food waste those same packages exist...