2 regulatory and policy changes and 2 site updates. Regulatory and policy movement first, site updates after. Every entry was checked against a primary source before publication.
Ecoembes has published full 2027 Punto Verde prices and its rate page now leads with 2027 rather than 2026, unusually early in the year. Headline 2027 domestic lines: PET beverage bottles up to 3L at 0.278 EUR/kg, other PET bottles 0.267, PET trays and other rigid items 0.682, HDPE rigid 0.282, other rigid plastics 0.773, flexible film 1.269, paper and cardboard 0.117, beverage cartons 0.544, steel 0.197, aluminium 0.040. Spanish household producers can model 2027 exposure now. Note that Ecoembes covers household packaging only; glass sits with Ecovidrio and industrial and commercial packaging with Envalora and the other industrial schemes. Rates: ecoembesempresas.com/precios. Source: Ecoembes Precios 2027 sheet, document dated July 2, 2026 [LOCKED].
At the June 30, 2026 plenary session of the Plan plastique consultation, France's ecology minister stated that a deposit for recycling will be mandatory from January 1, 2029, framing it as "anticipate or endure" and citing a 58.4 percent beverage container collection rate in 2024 against a 90 percent goal. Local authority associations and NGOs walked out of the session, and the Senate committee had formally opposed the measure on May 19, 2026, so the delivery route is contested even though the date is now on the record. The date is corroborated in a Senate written question of May 28, 2026. France moves from "developing a DRS" to a dated national commitment. Source: French Ministry for Ecological Transition consultation, June 30, 2026 [SIGNALED].
Expanded the Fee Estimator with per-SKU and country-specific fee structures for France, Italy, and the Netherlands, added a clickable SVG map of the EU to the Country Navigator, and built a status tracker for the nine pending delegated acts.
Added the Format Risk Screener with the A/B/C recyclability grade ladder and market-access dates, plus a consolidated Labeling requirements tab.
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