title: A packaging update. Recycling, testing, and pricing.
abstract: Europe has taken legislative measures to improve the management of packaging and packaging waste. This article outlines the arguments for excluding medical device packaging from the provisions of the recently published European Directive on packaging and packaging waste. Developments in a new barrier test method and further increases in the price of raw materials are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: European Sterilization Packaging Association, Little Kineton, UK.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D017743:Equipment Reuse; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019064:Product Packaging / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*