The present study is the second part of the testing effort produced by the Joint Research Centre. It analyses the sensory properties of a subset of the same products that formed part of the 2018/19 label comparison samples to find out whether different recipes used for preparing a product lead t...
The EMBRACED project is finding treasure in our trash. It has developed systems to collect and recycle used nappies and turn them into high-value new materials such as organic fertiliser or packaging film. This is what sustainability is all about - using our resources carefully and being thought...
The Impact Assessment study on fragrance labelling on cosmetic products (575/PP/2016/FC) has been commissioned by the European Commission in 2019 with the objective to provide input for a possible new initiative following the 26-27 June 2012 Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety...
In 2015 the Commission adopted an EU action plan for the Circular Economy to help stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy. The growing number of plastic products and packaging marketed as ‘biodegradable’ or ‘(home) compostable’ raises the question of the extent to which biodegra...
Article 9(4) of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Article 12(3)(d) of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) stipulate that the EC shall, by 31 March 2019, adopt implementing acts to establish a common methodology to report and monitor the re-use of products and the reuse of pa...
The BIOSPRI Study supports the development of the revised EU Bioeconomy Strategy and consists of three work packages on 1) LCAs and environmental footprint of bio-based products, 2) Commercial and Financial Success stories of bio-based products and 3) Identification of Top 20 innovative bio-base...
