Plastic bottles will now have to integrate a fastening system to prevent the caps from ending up in nature.
Questioned by TF1, an environmental expert is worried about a perverse effect.
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Small revolution in supermarket aisles: free-floating caps are over. From July 3rd, but this is already largely the case, bottles and cartons will have to include a fastening system, in accordance with a new European regulation on packaging waste. More recycled caps means fewer caps in nature.
When we know that they represent 10% of plastic waste found on European beaches, this change may seem like a good thing. However, underlines Marine Bonavita in the 8 p.m. report on TF1 at the top of this report, there is a perverse effect.
According to this environmental expert, “It’s counterintuitive, because it doesn’t send the right signal to people. The consumption of plastic bottles is increasing in France and around the world. This is not how we’re going to reduce the number of bottles put on the market.“.
In the end, I prefer that it is a little less convenient and that there is less waste when I go to the beach.”
For consumers, it’s a new habit to get into. And it’s not necessarily to everyone’s taste. “I don’t find it practical. You tend to want to remove the cap, and it’s not possible. Personally, it doesn’t suit me.“, declares a consumer in front of our camera.
“We still have it in our noses, we have to find the right technique“, describes, after several attempts, a man. But who cares, it’s for a good cause. “In the end, I prefer that it is a little less convenient and that there is less waste when I go to the beach.“, he maintains.
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Bottlers had to adapt to these new regulations. “We have an increase in production costs which is very minimal and which we do not pass on to the consumer.“, indicates Wilfried Guillaume, marketing director of the Perlyne mineral water brand, on TF1. A priori, this change should not have an impact on sales prices.
