To that end, this Directive lays down measures aimed, as a first priority, at preventing the production of packaging waste and, as additional fundamental principles, at reusing packaging, at recycling and other forms of recovering packaging waste and, therefore, at reducing the final disposal of such waste in order to contribute to the transition towards a circular economy.’;
Chuige sin, leagtar síos leis an Treoir seo bearta arb é is aidhm dóibh, mar chéadtosaíocht, cosc a chur ar tháirgeadh na dramhaíola ó phacáistíocht agus, mar bhunphrionsabail bhreise, pacáistíocht a athúsáid, athchúrsáil agus cineálacha eile aisghabhála a bheith ann do dhramhaíl ó phacáistíocht agus, dá bhrí sin, laghdú a dhéanamh ar dhiúscairt deiridh na dramhaíola sin chun cur leis an aistriú i dtreo geilleagar ciorclach.”;