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ETIRA Board meets in Italy and visits Ecomondo 2025
November 10, 2025
The ETIRA Board met in Italy for its annual meeting and visited the Ecomondo sustainability trade show in Rimini. Discussions focused on market challenges, fighting non-compliant cartridges, upcoming EU Ecodesign rules, and ETIRA’s 2026 PR and trade show plans.
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ETIRA comments on EU plans for Circular Economy Act
ETIRA has responded to the EU’s plans for a Circular Economy Act, calling for urgent regulatory support for the reuse of cartridges. The association urges the EU to remove OEM barriers, ban the import of single-use products, and make reuse a central component of Europe’s circular economy.
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ETIRA welcomes EU and national parcel levies, calls for stronger compliance to protect Europe’s reuse industry
October 21, 2025
ETIRA supports EU levies as a first step towards fair competition, but the environmental costs of imported cartridges are far higher than €2 per parcel. The real cost of collecting and recycling these products within Europe is closer to €8 per unit.
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