EU discussing plastic tax / Internal decision on action in July / Hot topic at annual Petcore conference

摘要

When the EU recently published its plastics strategy for the next 10 to 15 years, there was a collective breath of relief in the industry. The recent push by EU budget commissioner Giinther Oettinger to introduce a plastic tax seemed to have left the table, helped by other commissioners' doubts. However, at Petcore Europe's (Brussels / Belgium; www.petcore-europe. org) annual conference on 7 and 8 February 2018, that can of worms was opened up again in Brussels.