DEPOSIT RETURN SYSTEMS KEY TO BOOSTING RECYCABILITY, SAY EUROPEAN CAN EXPERTS
April 11th, 2023
Deposit return systems (DRS) promoted by European Union (EU) regulation are the best way to help EU can manufacturers achieve high recycling and collection of quality materials, EU (European Union) can sector experts told the March 28-30 Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum, in Brussels. in
Sweden and Norway set up DRS systems in the 1990s, with Germany following in 2003. Now, according to figures cited at the conference from industry association Metal Packaging Europe (MPE), eight countries in Europe (Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, ...
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