The EU parliament in Strasbourg has rejected a European Commission proposal declaring that waste paper should cease to be waste once it has been recovered. Paper industry association CEPI hailed MEPs’ “good” decision.
A resolution opposing the draft regulation was adopted in the parliament’s plenary assembly on Tuesday with 606 votes in favour, 77 against and 10 abstentions.
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