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PVC sector is hitting EU recycling targets and going even further
PVC sector is hitting EU recycling targets and going even further
The PVC sector is hitting EU recycling targets and going even further, writes Brigitte Dero. Brigitte Dero. By Brigitte Dero. 09 Oct 2018. Partner Content.
We must choose resource efficiency for a truly circular economy
Since it began in 2000, over 3.6 million tonnes of PVC have been recycled; reducing the amount of waste going to landfill, saving resources, ...
VinylPlus 2030 is the next 10-year Commitment of the European PVC industry to Sustainable Development. With its renewed Commitment, VinylPlus aims to contribute ...
Study confirms rising imports of recycled plastic threaten EU industry
Less or no investments in the EU would lead to European greenhouse gas emissions more than doubling by 2040, as more waste would be incinerated ...
Special report 16/2024: EU revenue based on non‑recycled plastic ...
The aim was to diversify the EU's revenue sources and contribute to its environmental objectives by providing an incentive for member states to ...
European plastic recycling industry growth threatened by shrinking ...
Due to heavy market disruptions[2], the growth rate went down from 17% to 10%, year-on-year. “Progress is indispensable for ensuring the ...
Deposit & return: the plastic recycling success opposed by southern ...
It mandates that PET bottles in the EU contain at least 25 per cent recycled plastic by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030. The schemes can also help ...
Waste trade: the EU's so-called “economic opportunity” for receiving ...
Stockpiling costs would be offset by the longer-term growth of the real EU plastic recycling economy, as recycling investments and capacity ...
Europe's installed plastic recycling capacity growth slows down in ...
The continent's installed capacity hit 12.5 million tonnes in 2022 but growth slowed down to 10% year-on-year, putting Europe's ability to ...
There are currently more than. 100 operations in Europe which recycle PVC pipes, profiles, flooring, coated fabrics and membranes. The European PVC industry is ...
The above data were rounded. Since 2006, post-consumer plastics. PACKAGING recycling waste has more than doubled ... Recycling rates for plastic packaging waste ...
Packaging waste - European Commission - Environment
Objectives ; Current targets (%), By 2025 (%) ; All packaging, 55, 65 ; Plastic, 25, 50 ; Wood, 15, 25 ; Ferrous metals, 50 (incl. Al), 70 ...
Drivers of and barriers to consumers' plastic packaging waste ...
In 2015, an EU directive required the reduction of plastic carrier bags (EU, 2015b), and in 2018, a directive was introduced requiring the ...
to meet the EU target of 55% for plastic packaging recycling by 2030, even if the current POM figure is an ... further 1.8-3.5% could be added to the plastic ...
In numbers: Europe's mounting plastic waste problem unpacked
Plastic packaging waste generated in the EU actually increased by three million tonnes from 2012 to 2021. Plastic packaging recycling rates ...
PVC sector meets recycling targets - ENDS Report
Almost 261,000 tonnes of post-consumer PVC waste were recycled in 2010 across Europe, 70,500t more than in 2009 and exceeding the industry's ...
Europe-progresses-on-PVC-recycling | Plastics News
... years to bridge it. Making that self-imposed target would help the industry prove to environmental naysayers that even PVC can meet tough ``
The EU cracks down on plastic, here's what you should know
Since the Packaging Act of 2021 came into force, around 50% more plastic packaging is being recycled. ... aims to put the packaging sector on ...
even if recycling rates for plastic packaging are lower than other materials. ... Even in sectors where recycling has been rela- tively successful, there ...
The Plastic Pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream
Since COVID-19, even drinks bottles made of recycled plastic – the most commonly recycled plastic item – have become less viable. The recycled ...