Beyond the bans on 10 single-use plastic products that came into force on 3 July under the SUP Directive (see EUROPE B12753A15), the EU must support environmentally friendly reusable solutions through binding legislation to prevent an equally damaging shift towards alternative single-use materials, NGOs, industry associations and policymakers said on Tuesday 6 July.
Among those attending the sixth European conference on reuse in Berlin were Austrian Minister for Climate and Environment...