The amount of waste we throw away keeps increasing.  The Government wants to break the link between economic growth and increasing waste.  Surprisingly as it may seen, for packaging this has already happened.

The number of packaged goods placed on the market is increasing.  However the tonnage of used packaging is decreasing for two reasons:

  1. Commercial and environmental considerations continuously push companies to design lighter, thinner packs.
  2. We are recycling more used packaging

This leaflet explains more.

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