Policy Regulation
Policy/Regulation
The fundamental changes currently sweeping the plastics industry are now being reflected in the new visual identity launched today by Plastics Europe, the pan-European association of plastics manufacturers.
With media outlets across the political spectrum declaring Joe Biden the winner of the presidential race Nov. 7, the political impact for the plastics industry got a little clearer.
A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts offers a stark assessment of what will happen to plastic in the ocean without major new action: It will nearly triple by 2040, and all the commitments made so far from government and industry will barely dent that.
The German plastic packaging industry association has rejected as “dangerous” and “counterproductive” a call by an Commissioner to place a general ban on plastic packaging in Europe.
The European Bioplastics (EUBP) has welcomed the recently unveiled European Green Deal, which sets out new sweeping plans to make the region the first “climate-neutral” continent by 2050 while stipulating economic growth.
The Slovakia parliament has approved a bill to ban single-use plastics as part of the country’s updated waste management bill.
European Plastics Convertors (EuPC) has urged European member states to reject a budget proposal by the European Commission which introduces national contributions based on unrecycled plastics packaging for the multiannual financial framework 2021 – 2027.
More than 100 public and private partners covering the entire plastics value chain signed the declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance in Brussels today to promote voluntary actions to develop a “well-functioning EU market in recycled plastics.”
Low collection rates and lack of design for recycling are amongst the reasons behind the low recycling rate of 31% for flexible polyethylene films in Europe, according to Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE).
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has been lobbying government officials in an effort to reduce the single-use plastics tax.
Hoping to slow plastic pollution in the environment, members at a high-level United Nations meeting 10 May decided to include plastic waste in a treaty governing trade in hazardous waste.
Should it be much more difficult to export low quality recycled scrap plastic around the world, if there are serious doubts about whether it can be handled in an environmentally sound way in the country it is bound for?
European Plastics Converters (EuPC) has developed a digital platform to monitor the incorporation of recycled polymers into products.
Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2019 (PRSE 2019) opened in Amsterdam this morning where European Commissioner Kestutis Sadauskas gave his full support to efforts carried out in making plastics circular.