PLASTICS INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS FACES BUSY AUTUMN OVER ONCOMING EU LEGISLATION
July 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN THE PLASTICS industry is currently faced with a wave of European Union (EU) legislation in different stages of enactment and implementation that will impact on its operations and sales. One particularly important and long-debated law is the new and comprehensive waste directive that is now approaching a final phase in the EU decision-taking process, and could be in force within a year from now. Others such as a directive covering "active and intelligent packaging" and another on the use of recycled plastics for food contact use are under serious ...
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