Amcor making progress on sustainability targets
Packaging giant Amcor has said that it is making progress across key areas of its sustainability agenda, in its latest…
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Reducing packaging waste requires organisations to rethink packaging design, materials and product lifecycles while increasing reuse, recycling and the use of recycled content. Packaging waste is also becoming an increasingly important focus of circular economy strategies, resource efficiency and environmental regulation.
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