Plastics Europe

EU Commission finally presents proposals for regulating endocrine disruptors / Trade associations critical / Forward strategy based on WHO criteria

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

Plastics Rubber and Composites Sector Assembly established / Legal platform to serve the industry / Pagev's Yavuz Eroglu elected first chairman

Sales flat, output slightly higher in 2015 / PlasticsEurope arm draws mixed picture

PlasticsEurope president Patrick Thomas: Plastics industry needs to be at the forefront of combating problems like marine litter / Lessons from "PolyTalk" to be applied at global level / Europe is the source of the solution

EPCA and PlasticsEurope launch new youth debating competition in Europe / Focus on “50 years of chemical industry. What's next?”

Two-day high-level conference on “Zero Plastics Waste to the Oceans” draws industry, government and private sector together / Need for collaborative efforts across the chain / Design for end of life / Calls for system change

Pollution levels in oceans continue to rise / Need for global action / “PolyTalk” conference spurs intense discussions about marine litter / Research warns that amount of plastic packaging ending up in the oceans should not rise

New method to register plastic waste entering the ocean / Model being trialled at the North Sea / Collaboration against marine litter involving numerous associations

“Vinyl Sustainability Forum 2016” to take place in Vienna / Focus on “Smart Vinyl for Our Cities”

PIE talks to European Commission spokesperson Enrico Brivio about the latest Circular Economy Package / Landfill goal "very ambitious" / Marine litter to be addressed in 2017 plastic strategy / "Innovative plastic should come from the EU"

No plastics waste should end up in the environment / Plastics industry invites stakeholders to share solutions to marine litter at "PolyTalk 2016" / PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster

“Plastpol” celebrates 20 years / Polish plastics industry continues to grow

Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Federation launched / Focus on lobby work and public awareness

New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos

First European Plastics Innovation Awards bestowed / Seven categories

Turkey's Pagev and PlasticsEurope sign declaration of collaboration / Emphasise need to address common problems

“PolyTalk 2016” to be held in Brussels in March / Focus on marine litter

PlasticsEurope appoints Javier Constante and Daniele Ferrari as vice presidents

Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter

Plastics organisations critical of EU's revised proposals / Waste reduction targets seen as insufficient / Landfilling will still be allowed / Recyclers call new package “light” version

Plastics Recyclers Europe questions PlasticsEurope's 2014 figures on reuse of waste plastics / Calls for more transparent and harmonised pan-European data collection

Polymer production grows by 4% in 2014 / EU 28 trade surplus widens / Turkey still most important resin buyer / PlasticsEurope recommends landfill ban to improve recycling / "Plastics – the Facts 2015"

Revised EU paper leaked / Broad brush across proposals to be presented by year's end

Special show at next year's mega-fair focuses on how “Plastics shape the future”