Alexandre Dangis

EUPC Paolo Bochicchio appointed new managing director	12.09.2024
POLYCARBONATE SHEET EPSE Awards 2022: Sabic wins big at the 10th edition / Exolon bags sustainability award / Ceremony at K 2022	01.11.2022
EUPC Bernard Merkx of Waste Free Oceans to take over as managing director from Alexandre Dangis	20.10.2022
EUROPEAN PROCESSING EuPC says rising prices could stop production / Supply of packaged goods at risk / Convertors need help now, MD warns	21.09.2022
EVENTS EPDA annual meeting in France set for 11-13 May / Sessions on circularity, CO2 reduction	02.03.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Disposable products banned in the EU from 3 July / Environment associations call for rethink on reusables / EuPC voices criticism / Health risks with “eco” alternatives?	08.07.2021
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Commission publishes guidance on SUP rules / Criticism from EuPC / Adoption of Implementing Decision on fishing gear	11.06.2021
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE Voting open for sixth “Best Polymer Producers Awards” / Delivery reliability to be key criterion	10.06.2021
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
POLYCERT New steering board members elected / WFO joins European programme to track ocean plastics	12.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC and Circularise partner to develop systems for tracking plastics and monitoring recyclates / Group seeks prototype testers	12.10.2020
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
EU PLASTICS STRATEGY EuPC calls for single-use plastics directive postponement in face of Covid-19 / Hygienic consequences of banning SUPs not taken into account, say Dangis and Zelcher	09.04.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE "European Plastics Pact" launches / Targets include better life cycle management of packaging and disposables / EuPC sees difficulties and refuses to join	09.03.2020
PVC RECYCLING EU plenary also turns thumbs down on amended lead rules / VinylPlus and EuPC warns	14.02.2020
PVC RECYCLING Heated debate over EU lead restriction proposals / European Parliament to vote in February	30.01.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING EU commissioner Sinkevicius calls for a blanket ban / German and EU converters associations question environmental impact	22.01.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING EuPC says EU member states should reject multiannual financial framework / Levy could lead industry into recession / Long-term consequences are unpredictable	15.10.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Over 100 partners sign "Circular Plastics Alliance" declaration / EU-wide voluntary targets for raising recyclate usage / EuPC, Cefic and FEAD among signatories	23.09.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC's third survey on recyclate usage by European processors / Available in seven languages	11.09.2019
EVENTS European Plastic Distributors Association's 2019 conference in Salzburg this June / Sustainability on the agenda	23.05.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC launches platform for monitoring recycled plastics usage / Available to plastics converters in six EU countries	26.04.2019
EVENTS EuPC and IK organise conference “A Circular Future with Plastics” in Berlin / Award ceremony for best polymer producers	01.04.2019
EU PLASTICS STRATEGY European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics by 2021 / EU "paving the way for the rest of the world" / EuPC and PlasticsEurope criticise outcome	28.03.2019
INTERVIEW “We have to take care not only of the low hanging fruits such as PET bottles” / EuPC managing director Alexandre Dangis on the EU plastics policy and industry actions preoccupying Europe's converters	30.05.2018