Plastic waste: new regulations and the biggest producers

Plastic waste: new regulations and the biggest producers

Hotel amenities_shampoo bottle_single use plastics_16-9_1920_c Simone, AdobeStock
Small disposable packaging in the hotel industry will soon be a thing of the past in the EU. / © Simone, Adobe Stock

Food to go in a polystyrene container, shampoo in a mini bottle: Packaging waste is omnipresent - and a major problem for the environment. Brussels now wants to ban certain types of packaging. Only 56 companies are responsible for half of the world's waste.

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