News 10 Nov 2023 Pre-INC-3 Plastics Europe Statement According to Virginia Janssens, Managing Director, Plastics Europe,
09 Nov 2023 A Circular Economy to End Plastic Pollution – Sustainable Production and Consumption Plastics Europe supports the objectives of the UN and national governments to end plastic pollution by 2040. We believe that the zero draft misses the opportunity to foster a Circular Economy.
09 Nov 2023 A Circular Economy to End Plastic Pollution –Sustainable Finance Mechanisms Plastics Europe supports the development of an enabling policy framework that streamlines the alignment of private and public financial flows with the circular economy objectives as outlined in the Global Instrument on Plastic Pollution. It is also crucial that the financial needs assessment is data-driven and assessed against various policy scenarios to help governments develop cost-effective approaches.
09 Nov 2023 A Circular Economy to End Plastic Pollution – A Decision Tree for Problematic High-Leakage Plastic Applications The Global Partners for Plastics Circularity support governments’ efforts to craft an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.
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
21 Sep 2023 Mandatory additional sorting of municipal mixed waste prior to landfill or incineration to meet recycling and carbon reduction targets needed Although the recycling rates for plastic waste are steadily increasing and landfilling keeps decreasing, around 65% of the post-consumer plastic waste collected in Europe is still sent to landfill or incineration . To support the transition of the European plastics systems towards higher circularity and to deliver higher quantities and qualities of recycled plastics, more plastic waste needs to be recovered from waste streams so that it can be recycled.
20 Sep 2023 Plastics packaging value chain calls to keep PPWR a material-neutral framework that supports the EU industry sustainability transition The plastics packaging value chain calls for a science-based and material-neutral policy framework that ensures the competitiveness of the European plastics packaging industry and supports its transition to the EU’s 2050 net zero and circularity goals.
06 Jul 2023 Coalition letter: Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) – End Landfilling and Incineration of Recyclable Packaging
26 Jun 2023 Recommendations on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) The PPWR proposal could serve as a catalyst to transform the plastics packaging industry by ensuring recyclability, increasing the uptake of circular plastics and kick-starting reuse in many packaging applications. To this end, the legislation should create the positive investment climate to incentivise the European plastics system to continue its sustainability transition.
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: