Unless action is taken immediately, the EU risks failing to meet the ambitious plastic packaging recycling targets it has set for 2025 and 2030 in its 2018 plastics strategy, warns the European Court of Auditors in an analysis paper published on Tuesday 6 October.
While packaging accounts for 61% of the plastic waste generated in the EU, only one third is recycled. In 2018, the EU set recycling targets of 50% of plastic waste by 2025 and 55% by 2030, an ambition that reflects the scale of...