Policy and Regulation

EU to fall short on ambition to reduce packaging waste, warn NGOs

Following lobbying from the industry, European regulation on packaging waste may reduce reuse targets in favour of recycling, to the dismay of zero waste organisations.

In 2020, the average EU citizen generated packaging waste weighing more than an adult panda, dispensing with just over 177kg of cardboard boxes, ...

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