The European Parliament today adopted a new European Regulation aimed at addressing the growing problem of packaging waste across Europe. The position voted on today sets ambitious targets for reducing packaging waste, including specific goals to reduce plastic packaging by 20% by 2040, but softens the rules to exclude some lightweight packaging from bans. The […]
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The European Revolution on Plastics Never before, the European Union had launched a total war, like the one against plastic. Why? Because every year Europe produces 25 million tons of plastic waste, of which 13 million end up in the oceans, for a cost of at least 8 billion euros a year! How? The EU […]