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Plastic Recycling June 04, 2020 09:40:05 PM

Euric Unveils New Plastics Recycling Brochure

Paul Ploumis
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The recycling of plastic waste from packaging has surged higher by 92% since 2006.

Euric Unveils New Plastics Recycling Brochure

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Euric- the confederation representing the interests of European recycling industries published a brochure highlighting the importance of moving towards a circular economy for plastics in Europe.

According to Euric, the plastics recycling rate in Europe is only 30% despite the region having most advanced collection and recycling infrastructure. The countries in the region lag behind in effective management of plastic waste in circular and sustainable ways. The lack of market and fiscal-base incentives and financial resources and insufficient harmonization of the legislative framework are cited as key challenges in boosting Europe’s plastics recycling capacity.

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The recycling of plastic waste from packaging has surged higher by 92% since 2006. At the same time, landfilling of plastic waste has dropped by 54% during this period. Between 2006 and 2018, the quantity of plastic packaging waste in Europe has increased by almost 19% from 14.9 million tonnes to 17.8 million tonnes.

The factsheet points out that plastic are the second most commonly-used material in vehicle after metals. The fraction of recycled plastics used in modern cars has been on the rise. By end-202, nearly 18% of a vehicle’s weight would be made up of plastics.

Plastics recycling could make significant contributions towards improving Europe’s competitiveness and resource efficiency, Euric said.

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