SUPD – label on cardboard cups with a plastic coating.
The law for packaging in the EU countries to combat the level of marine litter.
The Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) requires standard Plastic in Product markings for a range of packaging items made partly of plastic, including cardboard cups. Perfectly legible and indelible labels are essential, regardless of the plastic content.
This is what the labeling of products made partly of plastic should look like:
Here you will find the regulation on labelling:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R2151&qid=1615375926172&from=en
It is based on the Single Use Plastic Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019L0904&from=LT
Here's what you need to know:
Here's what you need to know: Paper cups delivered to customers in EU countries before July 3, 2021, may be sold without the label.
Paper cups supplied to and sold in EU countries after July 3, 2021, must be labeled. Until July 4, 2022, these products may be labeled with stickers. The label must state the language of the country in which the product is used.
All paper cups will have to be labelled, i.e. whether they are made of cardboard with PE or PLA coating.
