FLOW OF PLASTICS SUPPLIES FOR RECYCLING INCREASES, DESPITE COLLAPSE IN MARKET
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPITE recent collapses in waste plastic market supplies, the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised increases in waste plastics that must be collected and prepared for recycling across the EU. A new waste management framework directive has been approved boosting minimum recycling rates for plastics and other household wastes, saying that by 2020, the EU's 27 member states must recycle half (by weight) of this refuse. The same potentially applies to industrial plastic waste as well, where municipal waste collection is used by ...
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