European Parliament votes 65% of waste must be recycled

The European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority a motion to raise to 65% from the 55% proposed by the European Commission the proportion of packaging waste that should be recycled.

It also voted to bring forward the target date for making member states apply the rule to end-2006 from 2008, UK Labour spokesman on the environment Don Bowe told AFX News by telephone from the parliament session in Strasbourg.