Recycling rates continue to rise in EU / German-speaking Europe boasts highest recycling volumes / Plastic packaging recovery rates still have room to grow/ Latest Europen report on packaging and packaging waste

摘要

As consumption of plastic packaging grows in the EU, recycling rates have also continued to improve. According to a new report from the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (Europen, Brussels / Belgium; www. europen.be), recycling rates for plastic packaging across the EU-15 reached 31% in 2008, compared with 18% in 1998.