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Plastics Europe welcomes election of new INC Chair

Joint Letter: Group of European associations voicing concerns regarding the implementation of new waste shipment rules

Rob Ingram, CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe, becomes President of Plastics Europe

Plastics Europe’s first reaction to Commission Communication “Accelerating Europe’s transition to a circular economy: a pilot for boosting the circularity of plastics”

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the provisional deal on circularity in the automotive sector 

Plastics Europe’s reaction to the Environmental Simplification Package

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

#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).