BRUSSELS PONDER FORCING MEMBERS STATES, CONSUMERS AND MANUFACTURERS TO RECEYCLE MORE METAL
April 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE EUROPEAN Commission is considering the introduction of laws that would force European Union (EU) member states, consumers and producers to increase the amount of metal that is recycled and re-used from waste streams. These would include EU mandated taxation on waste; compulsory 'pay-as-you-throw' schemes charging consumers who fail to recycle metal waste; and enforced producer responsibility schemes, obliging manufacturers to support the costs of organising the collection and recycling of specific waste streams. The aim would be to use these ...
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