22 Jun 2023 --- The European beverage container industry is unlikely to meet 1.5 degrees Celsius climate targets and is at risk of missing its net zero plans without swift intervention, finds Zero Waste Europe (ZWE).Larissa Copello, ZWE’s Packaging & Reuse policy officer, tells us that the investigated materials, aluminum, PET and glass products, face significant challenges in decarbonization, posing a risk to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.“They all require significant technological investment to transition toward net zero, and reducing material demand should be a top priority. In this sense and despite all the opposition we have seen to reuse targets, they appear to be the most promising approach to get the European packaging industry on the path to net zero.”
