The Plastics Europe lobby has called on the European Union to maintain the current own resource in the EU budget based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste at €0.80/kg of non-recycled plastic and to earmark the proceeds for funding plastics circularity, in a statement published on Monday 15 September.
The initial aim of the levy is to encourage governments and businesses to reduce non-recycled plastic waste by applying financial pressure.
In July, the European Commission announced...