Press Release: Packaging waste: Recycling will be more than doubled

The European Commission welcomed the agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council Conciliation Committee to increase the minimum recycling targets for packaging waste from 25 to 55% by 2008. The agreement overcomes the last hurdles in a long debate on the revision of the 1994 Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The final debate mainly focused on two issues: whether incineration of packaging waste should count as 'recovery' or not, and the deadline for Greece, Ireland and Portugal and accession countries to achieve the targets of the Directive.

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/waste/packaging_index.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/waste/packaging_index.htm

ESO: In Focus: Measures to reduce packaging waste set to enter into force in 2008, July 2003 http://www.europeansources.info/record/measures-to-reduce-packaging-waste-set-to-enter-into-force-in-2008-july-2003/

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