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Top of the Class: Italy's Biorepack shows Europe how to handle compostable bioplastics

Recycling & disposal

Italy made separate biowaste collection mandatory two years early and built Europe's first EPR scheme for compostable packaging. The result: five million tonnes of biowaste recycled a year, and a working answer to the objection that bioplastics don't belong in the bin.

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