Operation Clean Sweep® launches revamped digital portal

19 Oct 2021, 09:50

Stepping up our actions - With nearly 1,500 signatories, Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) has become the programme of reference for the plastics industry to prevent pellets from entering the environment.

“We are plastics”: German plastics value chain joining forces for a sustainable future

7 Oct 2021, 11:08

With the joint initiative "We are Plastics", the three large plastics associations built a unique value chain alliance to implement the circular economy and create more sustainability within the key sectors of the plastics industry (converters, manufacturers and machinery).

Navigating the pandemic

24 Sep 2021, 09:04

PlasticsEurope Polska report “Plastics industry in pandemic 2020/2021” presented during the biggest plastics industry fair in Poland.

Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum on Wednesday, 15 September

14 Sep 2021, 09:20

Adrian Whyle, PlasticsEurope Resource Efficiency Senior Manager, will speak at the Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum on Wednesday, 15 September at 15:30

European plastics producers call for a mandatory EU recycled content target for plastics packaging of 30% by 2030

9 Sep 2021, 09:00

An enabling policy framework and collaboration with the value chain are essential to reach target. PlasticsEurope endorses the objective of preventing and reducing excessive packaging and packaging waste.

The BPF Launches Online Recycling Resource with PlasticsEurope & RECOUP

5 Aug 2021, 11:10

The British Plastics Federation (BPF), in conjunction with PlasticsEurope and RECOUP, has launched a new online recycling resource kit aimed at educating students about recycling plastics and the science of polymers.

RECOUP win Innovate UK funding for plastics recycling communications research

20 Jul 2021, 08:54

Charity, and leading plastics recycling organisation, RECOUP, have secured a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to co-fund an industry-led communications and behaviour change research project in Kent.

Environmental charities and industry join forces for Plastic Free Mersey

20 Jul 2021, 08:19

Two major rivers trusts are joining forces to work with communities, researchers, and businesses in the plastics supply and waste management chain to identify plastic litter types in the Mersey catchment.

The magic formula

25 Jun 2021, 15:10

Plastics are almost everywhere in modern life. We need them to cope with many global challenges such as securing food supply for the growing world population, creating habitable cities and advancing new forms of mobility. The other side of the coin is the alarming amount of plastic waste...

European plastics manufacturers plan 7.2 billion Euros of investment in chemical recycling

26 May 2021, 21:51

PlasticsEurope announces a significant increase in planned chemical recycling investment: from 2.6 billion Euros in 2025 to 7.2 billion Euros in 2030.