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  • New European rules on export of plastic waste threaten crisis for industry 

    New European rules on export of plastic waste threaten crisis for industry 

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    Belgium must urgently prepare for ban on exporting to non-OECD countries Valipac, the EPR-organisation for commercial and industrial (C&I) packaging, has issued a warning about the significant consequences of new EU environmental legislation. The recently approved European Waste Shipment Regulation will ban the export of plastic waste to non-OECD countries. There is a genuine risk…