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Appendix A. Proposed political targets

Re-use and refill targets set up in the proposed regulation (European Parliament, 2023).
From 1 January 2030 
From 1 January 2040 
Large household appliances 
(such as refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers or dish washing machines) 
Share of products made available in reusable transport packaging 
90 % 
Cold or hot beverages 
(filled into a container at the point of sale for take-away) 
Share of beverages made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
20 % 
Share of beverages made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
80 % 
Take-away ready-prepared food 
(intended for immediate consumption with no need of any further preparation, and typically consumed from the receptacle) 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
10 % 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
40 % 
Alcoholic beverages 
(beer, carbonated alcoholic beverages, fermented beverages other than wine, aromatised wine products and fruit wine, products based on spirit drinks, wine or other fermented beverages mixed with beverages, soda, cider or juice) 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
10 % 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
25 % 
Wine 
(except sparkling wine) 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
5 % 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
15 % 
Non-alcoholic beverages 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
10 % 
Share of products made available in reusable packaging or by enabling refill 
25 % 
Transport packaging 
(pallets, plastic crates, foldable plastic boxes, pails and drums for conveyance or packaging) 
Share of packaging used that is reusable 
30 % 
Share of packaging used that is reusable 
90 % 
Transport packaging (e-commerce) 
Operators using transport packaging for the transport and delivery of non-food items sold via e-commerce 
Share of such packaging used is reusable packaging 
10 % 
Share of such packaging used is reusable packaging 
50 % 
Transport packaging (pallet wrappings and straps) 
Share of such packaging used that is reusable packaging 
10 % 
Share of such packaging used that is reusable packaging 
30 % 
Grouped packaging 
(boxes, excluding cardboard, used outside of sales packaging to create a stock-keeping unit) 
Share of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for reuse 
10 % 
Share of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for reuse 
25%