Commission's packaging recycling targets "achievable", says DTI

The higher recycling targets for packaging waste proposed by the European Commission are achievable, the House of Lords EU Committee was told by Department of Trade and Industry officials in June - but more metal and glass packaging will have to be retrieved from the household waste stream. Meanwhile, the Environment Agency wants the system for accreditation of reprocessors to be given a clear statutory footing.

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