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Attached caps and lids


Small parts like caps and lids should be attached to prevent littering.

 

         

How?


By ensuring that caps and lids remain attached to the main packaging during and after use, the risk of them going astray is reduced.

Starting July 3, 2024, caps must be attached to beverage containers according to the single-use plastics directive.

Read more at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s website

 

En liten förpackning Godmorgon äpplejuice med fastsatt lock.

Good examples

The attached cap on the packaging reduces the risk of littering by ensuring that no loose parts end up in nature.

Attached caps and lids

Why is it important?


Caps from single-use food and drink packaging consumed on the go have a high risk of becoming litter. Caps and lids are among the individual items most often found during clean-up actions/litter surveys.

It is against this backdrop that the single-use plastics directive requires single-use beverage packaging to be designed in a way that ensures that caps/lids remain attached to the packaging during use.

As of July 3, 2024, it will be mandatory for all beverage containers under three liters that contain plastic to have a cap that is attached to the packaging.

Read more about the ordinance here (in Swedish only)

 

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Did you know...


In the national litter survey carried out in 2020, the results from the city centers of the municipalities’ central locations showed that almost 130,000 loose caps and lids had been thrown away in a single week.

The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation and Statisticon on behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

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  • 1. Reduce overpacking

  • 2. From single-use to reusable

  • 3. Avoid loose parts

  • 4. Attached caps and lids

  • 5. Avoid tabs and tear-off edges

  • 6. Be careful with degradable materials

  • 7. Use information and labeling

  • Label your packaging

  • Recycling

  • Videos

  • Producer responsibility

  • Packaging fees

  • Packaging reporting

  • Packaging reporting

  • 1. What am I required to report?

  • 2. How do I calculate packaging volumes?

  • 3. How should I report my packaging?

  • 4. When should I report my packaging?

  • 5. Additional information to the EPA

  • The PPWR

  • Distribution of responsibilities

  • Affiliated producers

  • Drop off packaging

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  • Contractors

  • Municipalities

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