In the EU, EPR fees for flexible plastic packaging are increasing as a greater tonnage needs to be collected, sorted, and recycled separately to meet evolving EU plastic packaging recycling targets, highlights the industry organization Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX).
“The key concern is that many EPR systems are not currently designed in a way that ensures higher fees paid translate into improvements in flexible packaging recycling rates,” Alec Walker-Love, communication lead at CEFLEX, tells Packaging Insights.
