- The European Commission wants to reduce the environmental impact of packaging by mandating that producers use a minimum amount of recycled plastic in new packaging placed on the market.
- The move is also expected to push up collection rates and drive companies to design products in line with the recycling process as it becomes in their interest to do so.
- Recycled content targets already exist for plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) under the EU’s single use plastics directive.
EU set to adopt mandatory recycled content targets in new packaging law
