Should a plastic bottle with a “100 percent recycled plastic” label be made up entirely of recycled plastic?
According to the European Commission, the answer is: no, not necessarily.
As part of its push to tackle the bloc’s growing mountains of waste, the EU has agreed to new rules on recycled content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.
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The question is how to calculate that recycled content. According to a document obtained by POLITICO dated Feb. 13, the EU executive is backing a laxer approach championed by the plastic and chemicals industries.
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