OSLO: Europe's bottled water producers set a goal on Tuesday of elevating collection rates of plastic bottles to 90 consistent with cent by 2025 from 60 consistent with cent to support recycling and cut air pollution.
"Our packaging today is part of the unacceptable phenomenon of littering alongside other discarded items," the European Federation of Bottled Waters said in a observation.
The Federation, which represents nationwide associations and several main firms, said the brand new trade goal was once to gather 90 % of all PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles by 2025, as a median across the European Union.
Almost 60 consistent with cent of PET bottles are actually collected for recycling, even supposing with big nationwide diversifications. The Federation didn't say exactly how the goal could be completed, nor did it give costs.
Some international locations similar to Germany impose top deposits on bottles to encourage recycling. Britain plans this year to introduce a deposit go back scheme for single-use drink containers.
The Federation additionally said it could work with the recycling trade "to use at least 25 per cent recycled PET in its water bottles by 2025, as an EU average". It says that the typical EU citizen drinks about 110 litres of bottled water a year.
"Our packaging today is part of the unacceptable phenomenon of littering alongside other discarded items," the European Federation of Bottled Waters said in a observation.
The Federation, which represents nationwide associations and several main firms, said the brand new trade goal was once to gather 90 % of all PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles by 2025, as a median across the European Union.
Almost 60 consistent with cent of PET bottles are actually collected for recycling, even supposing with big nationwide diversifications. The Federation didn't say exactly how the goal could be completed, nor did it give costs.
Some international locations similar to Germany impose top deposits on bottles to encourage recycling. Britain plans this year to introduce a deposit go back scheme for single-use drink containers.
The Federation additionally said it could work with the recycling trade "to use at least 25 per cent recycled PET in its water bottles by 2025, as an EU average". It says that the typical EU citizen drinks about 110 litres of bottled water a year.
Europe's bottled water producers seek to increase plastic recycling
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