In the interests of the environment, the health of its citizens and the recycling industry, the EU has no option but to increase the recycling and reuse rates of plastic packaging – the greatest scourge of the seas which has to be turned into an opportunity for European industry. It is on this simple premise that the very first EU strategy on plastics, presented by the European Commission in Strasbourg on Tuesday 16 January, is based.
Given that packaging represents some two thirds of...