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Plastics Europe’s reaction to provisional agreement on Pellet Loss Prevention Regulation

Statement on EU’s decision to potentially impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to the recent increase in U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium
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Clean Industrial Deal risks overlooking criticality of plastics manufacturing to Europe’s industrial base  

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

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the latest developments on Pellet Loss Prevention Regulation

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

Reaction to ENVI Committee’s adoption to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

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

Falling EU competitiveness threatens circular plastics transition
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Human stool study challenges common assumption that food & beverage packaging is the source of ingested microplastic
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Plastics Europe reaction to conclusion of the INC-4 negotiations in Ottawa

Reaction to European Parliament Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation vote 

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State of the art cameras and cutting-edge robotic sorting systems

High performance materials for car parts through chemical recycling

Rapidly developing food-grade recycling technologies

Turning yoghurt pots back into yoghurt pots again and again

Finding new ways to recycle plastic used in mattress foam

Designing products so they can be recycled

The plastics we produce play a key role in enabling vast renewable energy networks

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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. The first piece of research completed as part of Brigid is a pilot-scale human intervention […]
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Plastics Europe reaction to Council PPWR vote

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is critical to accelerating the transition of the European plastics system to circularity and net zero. It is a key element of the plastics transition enabling framework. Whilst today’s Council vote on PPWR is a positive step towards adopting rules to foster a market for recycled and biobased plastics in the EU and promoting packaging recyclability, Plastics Europe has a number of significant concerns about today’s vote.
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Plastics Europe launches Plastics – the fast Facts 2023

Plastics Europe has launched its new ‘Plastics – the fast Facts 2023’. The fast Facts is a more visual and user-friendly format for the publication of preliminary global and European plastics production, trade partners and other key data. Finalised and more comprehensive data will be published in the ‘Circular Economy for Plastics – A European […]
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Plastics production continued to rise in Q3 2021 despite a decline in EU27 manufacturing production

The production of plastics in the EU27 continued to rise in the third quarter 2021 despite a decline in EU27 manufacturing production – thanks to the ongoing demand from abroad. Plastics Europe is happy to share with you its “European Plastics Manufacturers Quarterly Report” for the third quarter of 2021. This report provides a concise […]
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Plastics Europe: enabling a sustainable future

Plastics Europe is a leading European trade association, with centres in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, The Hague, Warsaw, Vienna and Paris.

We network with European and national plastics associations and have more than 100 member companies, who are responsible for producing more than 90% of all polymers across the 27 member states of the European Union, plus Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and UK. On a global level, Plastics Europe actively supports the World Plastics Council (WPC) and the Global Plastics Alliance (GPA).

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