METAL RECYCLING
December 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE COMPULSORY recycling of metal packaging waste is to be raised from 15 to 50 per cent under an agreement reached on Monday between the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers. The new target for metal packaging waste is the same as that set originally by the European Commission though levels for other materials have been raised. The agreement is part of a revision of the existing 1994 Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and will become binding on industry from the end of 2008. The legislation does not specify ...
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