From July 3, 2024, the packaging of beverages in plastic bottles will change significantly for all distributor brands. We explain this new obligation which aims to protect our environment.
Subtle, but not insignificant! Starting this Wednesday, all drinks delivered in plastic bottles will have to attach the caps. If the rule is already applied to a wide range of water bottles, most often for small formats, it is becoming more widespread, reports Capital.
Attach the caps
From today, it is mandatory to attach the caps of plastic bottles so that once unscrewed, they cannot be lost in nature. This obligation, straight from Brussels, aims to to preserve the environment by facilitating the recycling of this polluting packaging.
The directive was voted on in June 2019 and published in 2020. Four years later, the rule will have to apply to all distributors who sell drinks in the European Union.
This concerns bottles containing up to three liters of drink. For the director of the Non-Alcoholic Beverages Union (SBSA), Inès Boulant, quoted by our colleagues: “Consumers, aware of the need to combat fly-tipping, will get used to it very quickly.”
Dangerous for wildlife
According to France Infoplastic bottle caps represent 10% of waste found on the beaches of Marseille. A risk for the fauna of the Mediterranean basin, recalls WAO researcher Gaëlle Darmon: “These wastes are smaller and more likely to be ingested.”
Even if for some consumers, these new caps lack practicality: “For me, it’s embarrassing when I drink.”
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