28 Apr 2022 --- The EU will fall short of its plastic recycling targets unless “dramatic” changes are implemented, according to a new report by Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE). The organization says failure to ensure the beverage industry is given priority access to recycled PET (rPET) is rapidly diminishing the industry’s chances of achieving goals laid out in the Green Deal. The report, titled “Our journey toward packaging circularity,” celebrates recent revisions to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) but calls on policymakers to add fundamental changes to the legislation by enforcing a quota system and a more established and unified Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) throughout the continent.
