The European Commission commissioned a study to develop and assess a set of options to reinforce the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive’s essential requirements and achieve an absolute reduction in packaging waste generation. The work included six main components: (1) problem definition, including problem drivers and consequences, (2) objectives to be achieved to address the problems and need for EU intervention, (3) baseline scenario on how the situation will evolve in the absence of policy intervention, (4) presentation of policy measures in eight intervention areas, (5) grouping of the measures into policy options, and description of the impacts of the preferred option, (6) extensive stakeholder consultation throughout the process. Based on the above a preferred policy option was identified, consisting of twenty-three policy measures. The monitoring and evaluation framework was also described.