EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU FOOD AND DRINKS SECTOR TO READY ITSELF FOR SINGLE USE PLASTICS BAN
January 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) food and drinks sector will have to prepare itself to find alternative materials to plastics, after the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers struck a deal on approving European Commission proposals to ban single-use plastics. Under a new directive - now on track to receive formal approval by this summer (2019) - the EU will ban the use of such materials where alternatives are easily available and affordable. This could include plastic cutlery, plates, straws, drink stirrers, and food and beverage containers made of expanded ...
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