Europe’s packaging supply chain is ‘under pressure’ to invest in its recycling infrastructure, with China expected to ban recovered paper imports in the near future, a new report by Rabobank has said.
China imposed restrictions on recovered paper imports last year, which are expected to be tightened by the end of 2020, with Europe now under pressure to up its game in terms of recycling capability, according to the report, An Unsettled Future of China’s RCP Market.