Vehicle manufacturing accounts for 10 percent of the EU's overall consumption of plastics

Vehicle manufacturing accounts for 10 percent of the EU's overall consumption of plastics

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Car manufacturers in Europe will have to include more recycled plastics in new vehicles under new EU rules agreed on by the bloc's countries and lawmakers on Friday.

European Union governments and parliament representatives reached an early morning deal to mandate that at least 25 percent of plastics used in cars, trucks and motorcycles has been recycled.

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