EU ECODESIGN ASSESSMENTS START NEXT YEAR – PACKAGING WILL BE SCRUTINISED
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to start assessing 10 product groups next year to see whether the environmental impact of their manufacture and use (including packaging) can be reduced. Under the 2005 European Union ecodesign directive, the Commission will assess whether the relevant industries are making efforts to reduce their environmental footprint, and if not, may table binding production and use standards. These assessments will be detailed and continue until 2011. "They will aim at improving the environmental performance of products ...
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