On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
200 companies have signed a joint call urging the European Commission not to reopen the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation – instead ensuring its ‘timely and effective’ implementation through secondary legislation.
Words like ‘crisis’ and ‘breaking point’ are increasingly used to describe the European recycling industry, but are we past the point of no return? We seek to answer the question by taking a bird’s eye view of the issues at hand.
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) has warned that the European plastic recycling industry is ‘facing imminent collapse’, stating that a surge in low-priced imports of recycled plastics, the consequent decrease in the demand for EU-made recyclates, mounting economic pressures and ‘excessive red tape’…
Plastics Recyclers Europe raises concerns that the EU might miss the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s recycled content targets for 2030 by two million tonnes, pointing to a plateau in rigid HDPE and PP recycling in 2023.
Plastics Recyclers Europe has noted the slowest growth in Europe’s plastic recycling capacity ‘in years’, blaming a decline in domestic production, increases in imports, and company closures due to economic pressures.
As Europe’s share of global plastics production is feared to have halved over 20 years, Plastics Recyclers Europe is among the stakeholders calling for the European Union to regulate its virgin and recycled plastic imports and address high energy costs.
According to new data from Plastics Recyclers Europe, the continent’s recycling capacity has stagnated with a year-on-year increase of only 6% in 2023; this is reported to mark its lowest growth since 2017.
In October 2024 Plastics Recyclers Europe issued a statement warning that “The increasing lack of demand for recyclates produced in Europe, the reduced investments in domestic recycling, and the increase in imports of recyclates from outside the EU have been suffocating the European plastics…
Entries for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 are now open - earlier than usual - with participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe invited to enter.
According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the total European installed plastics recycling capacity saw a 7% decline in growth rate year-on-year and reached 12.5 million tonnes in 2022 – potentially putting Europe at risk of missing legislative targets.
In its new manifesto, Plastics Recyclers Europe encourages the EU to drive competitiveness and innovation for plastics, listing science-based policies, traceable imports, and realistic targets amongst its recommended points of priority.
Plastics Recyclers Europe warns that the European plastics industry could be threatened by low demand for recyclate produced in the EU and high imports from outside the continent – recommending an independent third-party certification system to ensure transparency and traceability.
