The Commission is supporting plastic recycling in Europe

At the Environment Council meeting, on June 17th, one of the topics on the agenda was support for recyclers in the current economic context, and the focus was on the plastic recycling sector and the textiles recycling sector.

From the recycling industry, we have been highlighting the challenges we are facing now in various ways during recent months. One example is the meeting in May with Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, that our CEO Andreas Malmberg participated in. It was arranged by Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and based on a position paper outlining six strategic areas for immediate action to prevent the collapse of the European plastics recycling industry. Also, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) has drawn attention to the challenges and issued a “EU Plastics Recyclers’ Roadmap: For a competitive & innovative industry” with concrete proposals, such as for example introduction of incentives, whether market or tax-based, and establishing harmonised EU End-of-Waste (EoW) criteria for plastics.

The EU Plastic recycling sector is reducing EU’s dependence on primary raw materials and decreasing carbon emissions, both compared to primary raw materials and to incineration. The recycling sector is also taking care of plastic waste in a more sustainable way due to our high standards in the EU. With the new restrictions on plastic waste exports, a well-functioning market for recycled plastics in the EU is imperative.
more at: https://www.trioworld.com/news-insights/re-thinking-plastic-blog/european-commission-supporting-recycling/

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