Plastics Recyclers Europe

Discussion on the role of plastics in a circular economy / End of life of plastic goods key to sustainable development / Dialogue on regulation is a prime duty / International conference in Rome

PRE president Ton Emans: "Energy from waste industry wrongly challenges the waste hierarchy"

EC withdraws Circular Economy plans to increase recycling levels / Package to be replaced with more ambitious legislation

Part 4 – Regulations: Regulatory moves keep the industry on its toes again in 2014 / Restrictions on plastic bags dominate the discussion / BPA and phthalates still a topic / Flame retardant issues still smoulder / Recycling guidelines make headway

Plastics Recyclers Europe annual meeting highlights quality recycling and sorting / “European Plastics Recycling Show” to make its debut in Brussels next year

Summary of presentations of Petcore Networking Day

Plastics Recyclers Europe annual meeting to be held in Brussels in November

Plastics Recyclers Europe publishes guidelines for PET trays

Europe recycles 65 bn bottles in 2013 / Call for collection systems to be standardised

European associations and R&D institutes establish “Polymark” project / Developing new technology to detect used PET bottles suitable for reuse in food-contact applications / EU-funded research

European Commission adopts new waste proposals / Landfill of recyclable waste to be banned by 2025 / 80% packaging waste recycling target set for 2030 / Mixed response by European plastics associations

PRE launched RecyClass online tool / Recyclability check / Free trial period

Plastics Recycling Europe will develop European recycling guidelines specific for PET trays

Conference on “Opportunities for the Polish Plastics Industry” to be held in Warsaw on 22 May

All exhibition space is now fully booked / Around 60 countries will be represented at leading packaging trade fair / Special events to run in parallel with Exhibition in Düsseldorf

Biodegradable bags a threat to the environment, says PRE / Problems in the waste stream

Plastics Recyclers Europe hosts “Recycling Conference” during "interpack" fair in Düsseldorf / Focus on design with recycling in mind

Sustainability as key theme at this year's plastics mega-event in Shanghai / Organisers expect almost 3,000 exhibitors / “Green Forum” co-organised by PIE / Last call for registrations for exclusive readers' trip to China

EuPC welcomes “Prodi report” on European plastic waste strategy / Dangis expresses concern about end-of-life solutions for bioplastics

Plastics Recyclers Europe welcomes EU parliament's adoption of the “European Strategy on plastic waste”

Plastics Recyclers Europe association confirms growing European recycling rates / Now numbering more than 100 members

Plastics Recyclers Europe reconfirms Ton Emans as president / No changes to existing management committee

Plastics have potential to reach recycling rate of more than 60% by 2020 / Creation of 360,000 "green" jobs / Plastics Recyclers Europe study

Bottle collection forecast to reach 2.1m t by 2017 / Recycling growth of 5.6% in 2012 / Petcore/Plastics Recyclers Europe report

Plastics Recyclers Europe: Annual 2-day meeting scheduled for November in Amsterdam