IEMA submits consultation responses under the Resources & Waste Strategy

1st July 2019


In the UK we generate around 11.6m tonnes of packaging waste each year. In an attempt to tackle this issue, the government released the Resources & Waste Strategy for England (RWS) in December 2018; it plans to address resource efficiency and the 'market failure' of waste production.

Building on member input collected during a series of April workshops and webinars led by IEMA policy lead Marc Jourdan, IEMA responded in May to an RWS consultation – Reforming the UK Packaging Produ

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