At least eight EU member states fall short of Packaging Directive’s minimum targets

The infringement proceedings have been launched in connection with the country's national rules governing waste sorting labelling...

Germany’s PET recyclers continue to experience very challenging market conditions. Most recycling companies in Germany found that demand for flakes and regranulate failed to live up to expectations in January. Selling prices for clear flakes often had to be cut by €50-70 per tonne. The industry is feeling the pinch...

As it does every year, the European statistical office Eurostat again published the data it compiled on packaging waste arisings and recycling of packaging waste in EU countries and some non-EU countries in 2020. However, the most recent dataset is “only partly comparable” to the figures from previous years because of...