NL: 28% plastic packaging is difficult to recycle

Research that has been commissioned by the Royal Dutch NVRD shows that innovation in the entire supply chain is essential to come to a circular plastics chain. It shows that 28% of the plastic packaging that is placed on the market is difficult to recycle.
Solutions for the 16% of packaging that is not ideal for recycling are being developed.
Specifically the presence of the reportedly more than 1% of packs that still contain PVC is remarkable.
PVC was supposed to be phased out years ago. The black PET meat trays and black PP flower pots also make up a high percentage (10%) of the category of the 28% of ‘hard to recycle’ packs (News Item WUR, 11 December 2017).
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Click here for the main findings (in Dutch, 61 kB).
Click here for the full report (in Dutch, 986 kB).
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