EuPC European Plastics Converters

RAW MATERIALS EuPC: Over 90% of converters in Europe lack enough resin / "Production of essential goods threatened" / Switch to recyclate difficult for many	19.04.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EuPC: Throwaway paper products embedded with plastics must not be exempt from SUP directive	30.03.2021
RECYCLING UK BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling	29.03.2021
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