2024 brings sweeping regulatory changes affecting food packaging:

• EU's PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation):

90% recyclability requirement by 2030

Mandatory recycled content quotas (30% for plastic, 85% for paper)

Digital product passports for all packaging

• North America:

California's SB 54 imposing strict plastics reduction

Canada's Single-Use Plastics Ban now includes coffee pods

• Asia-Pacific:

China's new GB standards for food contact materials

Australia's National Packaging Targets becoming mandatory