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International Paper (NYSE: IP) we are the global leader in sustainable packaging, pulp and other fibre-based products, and one of the world’s largest recyclers.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament)

13 May 2025 · Industrial Policy

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Apr 2025 · Decarbonization efforts and Green agenda

Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

29 Apr 2025 · Challenges and opportunities for cardboard producers in the EU

Meeting with Leszek Miller (Member of the European Parliament) and CEC Group

22 Nov 2023 · Packaging and packaging waste

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Oct 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament) and Airline Catering Association

16 May 2023 · Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Regulation on packaging and packaging waste

Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Apr 2023 · PPWR

Response to Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste

21 Apr 2023

The virtues and value of corrugated cardboard packaging in two key statements EU corrugated leads the world in all-round performance. Fully recyclable and massively recycled in the EU today, corrugated packaging made from renewable resources is safe and sustainable, fit-for-purpose and already delivers the circular economy, notably (but not only) in the food chain, where it helps avoid food waste because of its superb protective qualities. Corrugated is the most effectively recycled material in Europe. Having fulfilled its initial purposes, 82% of corrugated is collected/recycled so that the fibers can be reused to make new boxes, thereby reducing consumption of virgin materials. EU corrugated packaging contains, on average, 88% of recycled fiber. Industry efforts go on to increase both these percentages. Initial assessment of the proposed PPW Regulation Along with the whole corrugated cardboard value chain, International Paper welcomes EU efforts to promote a single market in the EU for packaging and packaged goods and to promote sustainability and circularity where this is lacking. Sustainable corrugated cardboard packaging is already circular and fit-for-purpose. This is why the Commission specifically excluded it from reuse obligations related to grouped and much of transport packaging, notably to avoid promoting hard-to-recycle, fossil-based plastics. Inexplicably, the Commission did not carry this logic through to all applications of corrugated packaging, which makes no sense. Therefore, we strongly recommend that the European Parliament and the EU27 governments correct this oversight. Recommendations Because it is collected and recycled at scale after use, safe and sustainable corrugated cardboard should continue to be allowed for: packaging of fruit and vegetables under 1.5 kg, where it is used to provide vital protection to avoid food spoilage and food waste resulting from damage in the supply chain and/or when consumers carry the produce home: therefore, exclude cardboard from the ban in Article 22 & Annex V, §2 transport and grouped packaging: therefore, maintain the reuse exemption for cardboard boxes in Article 26, §§ 7, 10, 12 & 13, AND extend it to cover cardboard trays in both §12 and 13 E-commerce packaging for non-food items, where it is used in an increasingly customised way to optimise the use of materials and promote greater sustainability and because the proposal already envisages void space reduction obligations to avoid excessive packaging in Article 21: therefore, exempt cardboard from Article 26, § 8 or exempt transport packaging which has a proven recycled content of at least 85%. transport of large household appliances, which should not be subject to a 90% reuse target by 2030, because: o the alternative would be hard-to-recycle, fossil-based reusable plastics alternatives that would then create an unsustainable reverse logistics impact; o the reuse obligation would create a non-tariff trade barrier for products coming from outside the EU, inevitably leading to trade disputes: therefore, exempt cardboard from Article 26, § 1 or exempt transport packaging which has a proven recycled content of at least 85%. Key additional remarks An EU Regulation should establish a truly common approach across the EU to promote and defend the single market: it is, unacceptable that member states are allowed to go beyond the provisions and introduce own measures (like bans) that would create non-tariff trade barriers The proposal places far too many arbitrary targets and bans without proper scientific justification: Decisions to choose either recyclable or reusable packaging solutions should be based on independent science-based proof of their respective environmental benefits for each context and application (eg) LCA Targets should concentrate on markets where circularity performance needs to be improved. Well-functioning existing circular economy systems should be maintained
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Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament) and Asociación Aguas Minerales de España

28 Feb 2023 · Reglamento de Envases y Residuos de Envases

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Dec 2022 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

29 Sept 2022 · Revisione della Direttiva imballaggi e i rifiuti di imballaggio

Meeting with Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Mar 2022 · New initiatives developed in the framework of the European Green Pact

Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and DIGITALEUROPE and

14 Jan 2016 · AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden