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The Council on Packaging in the Environment (COPE) will conduct its annual Wave research in March that examines consumer awareness of and attitudes on recycling and other environmental issues affecting packaging.

Some 1ꯠ consumers around the country are asked about recycling collection programs in their area, the extent to which recyclability of packaging affects their buying decisions and other packaging issues such as advance deposit fees. Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Trade Commission submit questions to COPE to be included in the survey. The agencies receive the responses to their questions and an executive summary of the entire report.

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