Food and Beverage Carton Alliance
Budget
€800 — €0
EP Access
3
accredited persons
Staff
11
10.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance’s vision is for food and beverage cartons to be recognized as an integral part of resilient food systems building on a value chain that is respectful of our planet's scarce resources and strives towards renewability and reduced climate impact. Our members are innovating daily to contribute to resilience and climate security, by working towards fully renewable and ever more sustainable packaging, which is safe, and extends the shelf-life of food inside.
EU Legislative Interests
Directive 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62/EC Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on landfill of waste Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (EU Timber Regulation) Regulation EC 1935/2004 on food contact materials Study “Guidelines on the Cascading Use of Biomass” Updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy Communication on the Circular Economy, EU Climate Law Following updates related to Farm to Fork, Biodiversity, European Green Deal Forestry Action Plan Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Revision of EU rules on food contact materials Deforestation and forest degradation – reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market Waste Framework Directive Green Claims ESPR Safety of recycled plastic in food packaging Bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics policy framework
Communication Activities
Workshop on life-cycle assessment (LCA) and biodiversity in Gimo Herrgard, Sweden (October 2018) Study visit to a waste sorting center and a beverage carton recycling plant (2017, 2018) ACE event in the European Parliament on the Circular Economy Package (February 2016) ACE external newsletters with contributions from key external stakeholders "We're Not Just Square, We're Circular" recycling campaign - four months October (February 2019 / 2020) Event with POLITICO Europe - (November 2020) Circular Analytics: Supporting evidence - Environmental performance of beverage cartons (December 2020) ACE converters self-commitment on third-party verified traceability systems for wood fibres 10th annual report (2019 figures) - (December 2020) Revision of EU rules on food contact materials -Inception impact assessment (January 2021) ACE position paper on the review of the EU requirements for packaging and other measures to prevent packaging waste (January 2021) Launch of ten year industry roadmap (March 2021) THE BEVERAGE CARTON INDUSTRY SUPPORTS EU ACTION TOWARDS DEFORESTATION-FREE PRODUCTS (December 2022) ACE IS CONCERNED ABOUT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WOOD BASED PRODUCTS (June 2021) Roland Berger 2022: Impact assessment study of an EU-wide collection for recycling target of beverage cartons European beverage carton industry position on the certification of carbon removals (May 2022) Resumption of "We're Not Just Square, We're Circular" recycling campaign (2022) ACE POSITION ON COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEMES (August 2022) ACE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVISION OF THE PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE DIRECTIVE (September 2022) Beverage carton industry calls for a 90% mandatory collection target (2023)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
European Paper Recycling Council (ERPC): http://www.paperforrecycling.eu/ CEN TC 261 (Packaging), CEN TC261 SC4 CEN TC 411 (Bio-based products) https://bioeconomyalliance.eu/ https://www.eugreensource.org/ https://www.fibre-packaging.eu/ https://www.cetie.org/en/
Organisation Members
Tetra Pak: http://www.tetrapak.com Elopak: http://www.elopak.com/ SIG: http://www.sig.biz Stora Enso: www.storaenso.com/ Billerud: https://www.billerud.com/ LamiPak: https://www.lamipak.biz/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.