New packaging targets (and alcohol!)

• Author:
• Mike Morris

The European Commission has now issued its plan for revision of the Packaging directive which proposes substantial increases in the amount of packaging and packaging waste that must be recovered and recycled by mid-2006. This highlights the need for the UK to take action in the face of inadequate collection arrangements and reprocessing facilities and "freeloading" by some obligated businesses. Meanwhile an interesting court case illustrates that, even at current levels of performan... (596 more words)

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