The EPP Group wants to reduce packaging waste in Europe without resorting to unnecessary micro-management. "The new rules on packaging waste will make a change where change was due. We ensured that common sense prevailed over the ideology," says.
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The EPP Group wants to significantly reduce packaging waste in Europe but warns against over-regulation and micro-management.
"It is in all our interests to recycle more and produce less waste. However, we must focus on areas where we can really.
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