MANDATORY DEPOSIT AND RETURN SYSTEMS WILL BOOST PACKAGING COLLECTION RATE, EU CAN EXPERTS SAY
April 19th, 2024
THE MANDATORY rollout of deposit and return systems (DRS) within the European Union (EU) and an obligatory 90% collection of metal beverage containers (of up to three litres) target by 2029 should boost packaging collection and reduce litter across Europe. These principles have now been enshrined, after much debate – in the EU’s packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR), first proposed in November 2022 (1), which is close to securing formal approval.
Their impact was debated by European metal packaging experts at a March 19-21 Packaging Waste and ...
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