...a strong signal in the direction of a recycling economy. Further cornerstones are improvements in the formulations and design of plastic products in the direction of optimised recyclability. The aim...
Berlin/Frankfurt am Main, March 11th 2025 – Three years after the publication of their first joint position paper, the German plastics and recycling industry has renewed its joint commitment to...
...cycle. It is for this reason that used EPS packaging, which is collected by type at recycling centres or from retailers, is a sought-after and valued raw material. More than...
...while waste collection needs to be given priority in some regions of the world, Europe, for example, faces the challenge of expanding recycling and enforcing a ban on landfill. The...
...with the decision-making process. Eco Design is more than just designing for recycling Plastic packaging that protects goods during transport, in stores and in the home plays a vital role...
The IK initiative ERDE (Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland) will begin collecting perforated films nationwide starting this year. The films used in particular for the cultivation of special crops like strawberries, lettuce...
...role that plastics play in society, as well as their unique reuse and recycling characteristics on the road to a more sustainable and resource efficient future. Alicia Martin, Director PlasticsEurope...
...2017 to 61.8 million tonnes in 2018. Since 2006, the volume of plastics waste sent to recycling in Europe has doubled. The European plastics industry is highly committed to accelerate...
...2020 ERDE – Crop Plastics Recycling airpop / Styrofoam Background Sustainability Report IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen 2021 Plastics the Facts 2022 – Circular Economy in Europe Recycling-targets 2025 for the plastic...
...A functioning circular economy – that is, the collection, sorting and recycling – of plastic packaging is also the aim of industry and trade, and consumers also expect recycling to...
