28 Jun 2023 --- Proposals to increase mandatory packaging reuse in the EU could result in a massive rise in plastic use and backtrack years of progress, according to a report released by paper packaging giant DS Smith. The company says that proposed revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), which could see an obligatory reuse target of 90% by 2040, would require 8.1 billion plastic crates to the bloc’s transport sector, weighing approximately 12 million tons, and require up to 16 billion liters of water needed to wash half of them for reuse.
