PPWR

A warning is circulating urging small online shop owners in the EU — and their customers — to take action over the bloc's new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The post argues the freshly introduced rules impose compliance burdens that small retailers cannot realistically meet, and calls for urgent support before shops are forced to close. Commenters are amplifying the appeal and sharing it widely.

Germany's small businesses are reacting to the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, in force since August. A bakery from Norden says the rules have claimed their first victims: her husband is shutting down his online shop at the end of the month because he can no longer sell into the EU single market under the new packaging requirements.