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Efficient packaging waste management systems are essential considering recent revisions of the European legislation on packaging waste management that sets ambitious targets. European rules aim to deal with the increasing quantities of packaging waste, which cause environmental problems. Consequently, it is necessary to identify functional packaging waste management systems to achieve these targets effectively and efficiently. However, given the heterogeneity of the different packaging management systems, policymakers, scholars, and industry operators struggle to have a comparative view. The number of non-harmonized laws in force across countries, autonomous recycling targets, and constant updates are prominent problems that make it difficult to obtain comparable information for research, business, and policymaking. To fill this gap, our research question consists of assigning responsibilities for prevention, collection, recycling, and recovery and an overview of some models at a glance with respect to the general governance and functioning of the system. We base our research on a multiple-case design since more cases are examined using complementary data collection methods, analysis of the previous literature, reports, legislation, and business and institutional websites. Our results provide insights from the following cases: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Spain, and Italy. In addition, policy implications emerge as our insights help overcome barriers in the European market's development caused by the different rules on packaging management and design serving policymakers that aim to harmonize the management of packaging waste. The paper also contains managerial implications for circular economy business models that can be used by managers who aim to design or upgrade their business models according to both recent legislative upgrades and packaging management systems.

Plastics are used almost everywhere and making our lives much easier thanks to their multiple functionalities. However, due to inadequate production and recycling methods, millions tons of plastic litter are ending up in the earth and oceans every year. The European Union is taking necessary actions to make an impact and to be able to overcome that problem. In 2015, the EU Commission adopted an 'Action Plan' for a circular economy of plastics. In 2017, the EU Commission declared another goal of ensuring all plastic packagings will be recyclable by 2030. In comparison to the EU, as a big contributor of plastics waste in the region, Turkey's actions were also wondered and so, Turkish plastics waste management system and related regulations have been examined, as well as the European Union's. Primarily, it has been investigated that the current Turkish waste management regulations are mostly compatible with the European Union ones, as Turkey is adapting its regulations according to the EU requirements. The significant difference between the examined Turkish and the EU regulations was the recycling target ratios for plastic packagings. While Turkish regulation on management of packaging waste was obliged to recyclate min 54% (until 2020) of the plastic packaging waste, the mandatory ratio according to the EU's packaging waste directive was only 22.5% (until 2025). According to the latest data reached, Turkey was recycling 54% of its total plastic packaging waste occurred in 2017 which was equal to the given target. On the other hand, the EU was recycling 40.8% of its total plastic packaging waste occurred in 2016 and that was much higher than their given target ratio. By considering only the recent 'plastic packagings waste' recycling ratios, it can be interpreted that Turkey's recycling performance is better than the EU average. However, considering both current Turkish and the EU's plastics waste management practices and results, even though there are good plans for the future, it can be concluded that their ...