News 22 Nov 2023 Reaction to European Parliament Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation vote Plenary vote is a missed opportunity to incentivise investments in circular plastics packaging.
News 20 Nov 2023 Plastics Europe Reaction to Global Agreement on Plastics Pollution Negotiations in Nairobi We urge all stakeholders to redouble their efforts to find solutions in the run-up to INC-4
News 10 Nov 2023 Pre-INC-3 Plastics Europe Statement According to Virginia Janssens, Managing Director, Plastics Europe,
Press releases 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.
Press releases 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).
News 19 Oct 2023 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 Overview’ report, early 2024.
News 17 Oct 2023 New collaboration for improved data on bio-based plastics Monitoring progress on the plastics industry transition towards circularity and climate neutrality is crucial for Plastics Europe. Our new collaboration with the nova-Institute aims at offering the best available production data on bio-based plastics, which are part of the materials we represent.
News 16 Oct 2023 Industry’s reaction to Proposal for a Regulation on preventing pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution
News 02 Jun 2023 Plastics Europe welcomes UNEP’s step closer to a draft agreement on a global plastics treaty Paris – (2 June 2023) As the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on a global agreement on plastic pollution concludes in Paris, the following statement can be attributed to Virginia Janssens, Managing Director of Plastics Europe:
Position 29 Mar 2023 Plastics Europe position on the Global Plastics Pollution Agreement objectives, scope, obligations and measures ahead of INC2 For UNEA Resolution 5/14,’ end plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument’, Plastics Europe supports the overarching objective to end plastic pollution by 2040 through a circular economy.
News 24 Mar 2023 32 European associations urge the EU to adopt rules to calculate chemically recycled content in plastics
News 26 Jan 2023 Plastics Europe and EuPC launch European Operation Clean Sweep® certification scheme Plastics Europe, the association of plastics manufacturers in Europe, and EuPC, the association of European Plastics Converters, announce today the launch of the Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) harmonised European certification scheme. Adding this new tool to the OCS toolbox is a milestone for the OCS programme in its work towards zero pellet loss in the environment.
News 14 Dec 2022 World Plastics Council elects new Chairman | Benny Mermans (Chevron Phillips Chemical) succeeds Jim Seward (LyondellBasell) BRUSSELS / WASHINGTON / DUBAI (14 December 2022)
Views 30 Nov 2022 Industry’s reaction to the EC’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) proposal