Plastic pollution: Most companies lack targets to boost recycled packaging content

Stuart Stone
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New study links poor packaging practices to litigation, regulatory costs, and share price risks, particularly in the FMCG sector

Most companies lack targets to increase recycled material content in their packaging, while just 12 per cent have strategies in place to mitigate the impact of microplastic pollution. That is the stark...

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