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European plastics industry at cliff edge as competitiveness collapses

A call for maintaining the current Plastics Own Resource at 0.80 euro/kg and earmarking the revenues to fund plastics circularity

Plastics Europe Response to the European Chemicals Industry Action Plan

Simplification of administrative burden in environmental legislation

Plastics Europe maintains call for ambitious recycling targets following plenary vote on amendments to End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation
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Plastics Value Chain Demands Immediate Action to Save EU Industry

Global Plastics Treaty Talks Stall in Geneva – Plastics Europe Urges Renewed Multilateral Negotiations

Reacting to key vote on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation, Plastics Europe urges for ambitious recycling targets

Benny Mermans appointed President of Plastics Europe

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the Council of the European Union General Approach for the End-of-Life of Vehicles Regulation

EU Green Week: industry sounds alarm on future of plastics circularity

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the ENVI Committee vote on Pellet Loss Prevention Regulation

#ChangingPlasticsforGood

State of the art cameras and cutting-edge robotic sorting systems

High performance materials for car parts through chemical recycling

Rapidly developing food-grade recycling technologies

Turning yoghurt pots back into yoghurt pots again and again

Finding new ways to recycle plastic used in mattress foam

Designing products so they can be recycled

The plastics we produce play a key role in enabling vast renewable energy networks

Plastics Europe: enabling a sustainable future

Plastics Europe is a leading European trade association, with centres in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, The Hague, Warsaw, Vienna and Paris.

We network with European and national plastics associations and have more than 100 member companies, who are responsible for producing more than 90% of all polymers across the 27 member states of the European Union, plus Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and UK. On a global level, Plastics Europe actively supports the World Plastics Council (WPC) and the Global Plastics Alliance (GPA).

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