Plastic packaging and the circular economy
The circular economy of plastic packaging is a vital tool for combating climate change in supply chains and can save money. The EU wants 55 per cent of plastic packaging waste to be recycled by 2030, a big target for which companies involved in making and handling plastics have to follow from design to production and end-of-life. To meet the new targets economic growth and demand for raw materials must be decoupled from each other. To play a role in a circular economy plastic waste would have to be versatile...