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Majority of member states fail to meet recycling targets

According to the EU Commission’s early warning report, 18 member states are expected to miss the recycling targets set for 2025. This makes it all the more important that the planned packaging regulation will have a real impact on the market. However, the disposables lobby is trying to water down the plans – with success.
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Leonie Düngefeld
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The EU has so far set recycling targets in three directives: the Waste Framework Directive, the Packaging Directive and the Landfill Directive. According to these, by 2025, 55 percent of municipal waste and 65 percent of packaging waste should be prepared for reuse or recycling. Material-specific targets are also prescribed for the various packaging materials.

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