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Sweden to introduce recycling ”green dot”
Sweden will become the 13th European company to introduce the green recycling dot for disposable packaging materials. The company charged with implementing the system is Reparegistret AB (REPA, S-10152 Stockholm; www.repa.se). For the past seven years companies operating in Sweden have been obliged to take back packaging materials for recycling. Under the Repa umbrella, separate firms have been established to collect materials made of plastic, metal, corrugated board and paper or cardboard. For a small fee, retail outlets subscribing to Repa are freed from the responsibility to take back packaging materials.
25.10.2001 Plasteurope.com [16414]
Published on 25.10.2001