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The European Plastics System Unpacked - Plastics Europe

The plastics system helps to boost Europe's economy. In 2022, the European plastics system employed over 1.5 million people in the EU, spanned 52,000 companies ...

PVC sector is hitting EU recycling targets and going even further

This is exactly what VinylPlus is about. We have already recycled 4.2 million tonnes of PVC since 2000, and our recycling has risen steadily over the years.

YEARS OF MAKING PLASTICS CIRCULAR

(IN EUROPE). *MORE THAN 20MT IF PLASTIC WASTE EVERY YEAR IS NOT COVERED BY THE STATISTICS. GLOBAL. RECYCLED. INCINERATION. LANDFILLED. 30%. 30%. 40%. 368 Mt. 51 ...

Recycling of PVC wastes - ScienceDirect.com

Among the European countries, Germany is internationally regarded as the most advanced country for PVC recycling, which has the highest number of recyclers in ...

A Brief Review of Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Recycling - PMC

An increased supply of waste from these products could be expected in the near future, as their 30–40 years of use are coming to an end. Even ...

A EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR PLASTICS IN A CIRCULAR ...

are generated in Europe every year.5 Less than 30% of such waste is collected for recycling. Of this amount, a significant share leaves the EU6 to ...

PVC recycling grows in Europe

VinylPlus, a voluntary commitment of the European PVC (polyvinyl chloride) industry to improve PVC recycling efforts, has reported that more ...

Plastics and circularity—closing the plastic loop - Economist Impact

The EU aims to raise the recycling rate to 55% by 2030 for plastic packaging, the largest source of plastic waste. The new chemical processes ...

EU Unveils Plans To Cut Europe's Plastic and Packaging Waste

The average European is thought to generate 180kg of packaging waste each year, which could rise by 19% by 2030, without action. Under the ...

THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR PLASTICS

Since 2016, the amount of plastics waste sent to recycling across Europe has more than doubled, while the amount sent to landfill has been reduced to almost ...

Plastic waste in Europe - statistics & facts - Statista

More than 50 million tons of plastics are consumed every year in Europe. Over a third of this is in the form packaging, which is more often ...

Chemical Recycling: Making Plastics Circular - cefic.org

A Cefic-Quantis LCA report found that chemical recycling (pyrolysis) of mixed plastic waste emits less CO2 than incineration of the same waste. According to a ...

APR Design Guide Overview - Association of Plastic Recyclers

The most critical policies to accelerate the growth of plastics recycling. ... Founded over 30 years ago by mechanical recyclers, APR is an international ...

EUROPE'S MISSING PLASTICS - Material Economics

This study aims to fill that gap for Europe (EU 27+3). It estimates plastic waste at 45 million tonnes per year – 50% higher than the 25–30 million tonnes ...

Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data

Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes. It now produces over 450 million tonnes.

Recycling of European plastic is a pathway for plastic debris in the ...

Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most common types of plastic. Whilst an increasing share of post-consumer plastic waste from Europe is collected for ...

Europe's Drive to Slash Plastic Waste Moves Into High Gear

Also, in 2019 the EU adopted a directive that by 2025 all EU countries integrate 25 percent recycled plastic in clear plastic bottles and 30 ...

Europe Leads Successful PVC Recycling Campaign

According to Vinyl 2010, in 2010, around 260,842 tons of post-consumer PVC scrap were recycled, exceeding the 10-year target of 200,000 tons.

Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and ...

Plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years, driven by growth in emerging markets. Global plastics production doubled from ...

Plastic Waste Management | Plastics and the Environment Series

While there has been an increased interest in and development of plastic recycling systems and facilities, still only 14% of plastic waste is currently being ...