Camembert is at risk with new EU rules on packaging

«We will present an amendment to clarify the status of wooden food packaging, such as boxes of camembert or gorgonzola or even oyster baskets. Obviously they will not be banned." Thus the Frenchman Pascal Canfin, president of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, responds on on November 22nd. The Environment Commission, on 24 October, approved the approach to the rule proposed by the EU Commission last year. One of the planned measures is to make all packaging recyclable on the European Union market by 2030. «However, the wooden boxes used to package cheeses such as camembert do not have a dedicated recycling channel. Despite a fairly significant production, representing 2,000 jobs in France, it would be too expensive to create a logistics chain to recycle Camembert and Mont d'Or boxes. Especially since the European Commission's proposal specifies that packaging recycling must be "economically feasible", noted Le Figaro. A possible scenario sees the replacement of ...