General Information
Spain transposed European Directive 94/62/EC into Packaging and Packaging Waste Act 11/97. This law states that there are two options open to packager/fillers, retailers, distributors and handlers of packaged products for domestic consumption: a Deposit and Return System, or joining an Integrated Management System (SIG).
ECOEMBALAJES ESPAÑA, S.A. (ECOEMBES) was founded by Spanish trade and industry in order to develop an Integrated Management System (SIG) to implement this legislation, and already boasts more than 12,300 member companies, having signed agreements with more than 100 local and regional authorities.
The purpose of Ecoembes is to run systems for the selective collection of household packaging waste in order to carry out subsequent treatment and packaging waste recovery and, in this way, to minimize the impact of packaging waste and make a better use of materials.
