EuPC European Plastics Converters

RAW MATERIALS More European processing groups warn of resin shortages / Shops set to cut production, delay deliveries of finished products	08.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
POLYCERT New steering board members elected / WFO joins European programme to track ocean plastics	12.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European processors' associations voice displeasure over forces majeures being used as a tool for negotiation	08.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING More than half of EU recycling plants certified by EuCertPlast / Addition of 45 facilities in 2020 / Germany has the largest share	08.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks	21.01.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Recycling capacity of 8.5m t in Europe / PET, LDPE, HDPE and PP frontrunners	21.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT PlasticsEurope and EuPC collaborate on zero-pellet-loss certification scheme / Report analyses progress of sustainability projects	11.01.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC and Circularise partner to develop systems for tracking plastics and monitoring recyclates / Group seeks prototype testers	12.10.2020
EUMBC 2020 annual conference in webinar format	08.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PolyCert Europe seeks EU-wide quality compliance rules and alignment of reclaim-use standards for plastics processing	05.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING FRANCE Monitoring platform MORE posts first results on French use of recycled polymers	25.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes	23.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC to augment results of rPM survey with new poll about effects of Covid-19 pandemic	07.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA Alliance to create circular economy / North American platform of Ellen MacArthur's global “Plastics Pact” / 50% recycling rate targeted	31.08.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU parliament rejects council's coronavirus recovery package / Tax on non-recyclable plastic packaging a target / EuPC warns levy will not improve recycling	28.07.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging	22.07.2020
GERMANY Cabinet approves ban on single-use plastic items / Environmental organisation calls for expansion of reuse systems	01.07.2020
PCEP Polyolefins recycling organisation calls for European recovery focused on circular economy	19.06.2020
EUPC Renato Zelcher re-elected as president of European plastics converters / Eumeps will participate in reporting rEPS usage	16.06.2020
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE Voting period for "Best Polymer Producers Awards" extended due to Covid-19 / Winners to be announced online in September	10.06.2020
BREXIT Webinar for plastics converters on 16 June / Experts gathered from EuPC, BPF and Chemservice	09.06.2020
CIRCULAR ECONOMY EuPC webinar on the European "Green Deal" in June	19.05.2020
EUPC European Plastics Converters reschedules annual meeting to May 2021	11.05.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EuPC webinar on "polynSPIRE" project	24.04.2020