The calendar flip from 2024 to 2025 heralded several new packaging regulations, rulemaking updates, and bills with significant implications for consumer packaged goods in North America and Europe. Recent packaging legislation is reshaping packaging requirements for waste reduction, recyclable materials, circularity, and sustainability. However, actions by the Trump Administration may defer regulatory action at the U.S. federal level and shift packaging-related policies. EPR Packaging Laws Five U.S. states—California, Colorado, Oregon, Maine, and Minnesota—have passed extended producer responsibility laws for packaging. While each state's requirements vary, they share common goals of reducing packaging waste, enhancing recycling efforts, and holding producers (e.g., brand owners) accountable for the life cycle of their products. Since the start of the year, nine states have introduced or re-introduced EPR packaging bills. They include Washington, Tennessee, Hawaii

Afternoon Brief, May 14th

Storied Washington Producer Betz Family Winery Acquired by Ackley Brands: Ackley Brands, a family-owned beverage company in Seattle with a portfolio of iconic brands across the Pacific Northwest, proudly announces its milestone acquisition of Betz Family Winery...

Temecula’s Award-Winning Destination Wine Resort, Europa Village, Announces New Winemaker and Cellar Master

TEMECULA, Calif. (May 14, 2024) – Nestled amongst 45 acres of rolling hills within Southern California’s Temecula Valley Wine Country, Europa Village Wineries & Resort today announced the appointment of Winemaker Blake Miller […]

Afternoon Brief, November 27th

‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Wine Labels to Be Destroyed: New European Commission guidelines concerning the labelling of wine bottles could result in a huge number of already printed labels being destroyed, according to the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV)...

CEEV and Wine Institute Urge De-escalation of Trade Tensions and the Immediate Suspension of all Retaliatory Tariffs on Wine WASHINGTON, DC AND BRUSSELS – Following the European Commission’s publication of the list of U.S. products subject to retaliatory tariffs as a result of the WTO decision on Boeing Aircraft subsidies, the European and U.S. wine associations […] The post EU and US Wine Sectors Renew Their Call for Negotiated Solution to Aviation Dispute appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/11/09/eu-us-wine-solution-aviation-dispute?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-us-wine-solution-aviation-dispute Published Date:Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:47:22 +0000