COMMISSION LAUNCHES NEW PLASTICS STRATEGY TO BOOST RECYCLING
January 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released its long-awaited plastics strategy, which – claims the European Union (EU) executive, will “transform the way products are designed, produced, used and recycled in the EU”.
Brussels has now declared (on January 16) that it wants to ensure that all plastics packaging put on the EU market will be recyclable by 2030; the consumption of single-use plastics will be reduced; and the intentional use of microplastics - plastic particles smaller than 5mm, for example microbeads in exfoliating products - will be ...
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