EU approves targets for chemical recycling content for plastic bottles

The European Commission’s Waste Technical Adoption Committee has approved an implementing decision that expands the definition of recycling to include chemical recycling and clarifies how recycled content in single-use polyethylene terephthalate bottles is calculated and verified under the EU’s Single-Use Plastics Directive. The implementing decision, approved Feb. 6, aims to unify the SUPD’sThe European Commission’s Waste Technical Adoption Committee has approved an implementing decision that expands the definition of recycling to include chemical recycling and clarifies how recycled content in single-use polyethylene terephthalate bottles is calculated and verified under the EU’s Single-Use Plastics Directive. The implementing decision, approved Feb. 6, aims to unify the SUPD’sRead More