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European Parliament lacks consensus on reuse strategy

Members of the European Parliament’s (MEP) environment committee have met to discuss the EU’s draft Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), but there continues to be a lack of agreement on how to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. Two key issues creating contention are whether there should be a reuse target for takeaway food…

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