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> The new rules, which will have to be approved by EU member states and the European parliament, are intended to tackle the surge in plastic and other packaging waste.

> The EU passed a law in 2019 to ban the most common single-use plastic items, such as plastic cutlery, stirrers and straws, but officials want to go further to tackle soaring amounts of packaging rubbish.

> Under the latest proposals, EU member states would have to reduce packaging waste per capita by 15% by 2040 compared with 2018.

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