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15 Sep 2025

A call for maintaining the current Plastics Own Resource at 0.80 euro/kg and earmarking the revenues to fund plastics circularity

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09 Sep 2025

Plastics Europe maintains call for ambitious recycling targets following plenary vote on amendments to End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation

Virginia Janssens, Managing Director at Plastics Europe, said: 

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15 Aug 2025

Global Plastics Treaty Talks Stall in Geneva – Plastics Europe Urges Renewed Multilateral Negotiations

Industry calls on UN member states to use the next round of talks to secure a global consensus and enabling policy frameworks to tackle plastic pollution. 

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08 Jul 2025

Reacting to key vote on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation, Plastics Europe urges for ambitious recycling targets

Virginia Janssens, Managing Director at Plastics Europe said: 

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18 Jun 2025

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the Council of the European Union General Approach for the End-of-Life of Vehicles Regulation

The following statement can be attributed to Katharina Schlegel, Circularity Director at Plastics Europe:

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26 Feb 2025

Clean Industrial Deal risks overlooking criticality of plastics manufacturing to Europe’s industrial base  

Plastics Europe calls for greater urgency and tailored action plan 

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29 Jan 2025

European plastics manufacturers urgently call for a European Commission-led Action Plan in response to the EU’s Competitiveness Compass 

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01 Dec 2024

Plastics Europe urges global plastics agreement negotiators to continue on ambitious path

Brussels: 01 December 2024

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19 Nov 2024

Plastics Europe urges negotiators to reach ambitious agreement to end plastic pollution

Brussels: 19 November 2024

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18 Nov 2024

Falling EU competitiveness threatens circular plastics transition

New data confirms further decline in European plastics manufacturing and recycled plastics production drops for first time

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04 Sep 2024

Human stool study challenges common assumption that food & beverage packaging is the source of ingested microplastic

Plastics Europe is collaborating closely with the scientific community to better understand the possible impacts of microplastics. In 2022, it launched a fully independent, five-year scientific research project, called Brigid, to assess the potential human health risks from ingesting microplastics.

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17 Apr 2024

Pre-INC-4 Statement on the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

Brussels: 17 April 2024

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18 Mar 2024

Report confirms significant advances in circularity of plastics system but challenges remain

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26 Oct 2023

Plastics manufacturers unite around a common vision to redesign the European plastics system.

European plastics manufacturers have agreed a ‘Plastics Transition’ roadmap to accelerate the transition to make plastics circular, drive lifecycle emissions to net zero, and foster the sustainable use of plastics.

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24 Oct 2023

Plastics Europe raises significant concerns about Environment Committee vote on PPWR

Today the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

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