Plastics recycling grows in Europe (I)
Mar. 06, 2018
Since 2015, the installed capacity for recycling flexible PE has grown
approximately from 1.5 million tonnes per year to 2.3 million tonnes per
year.
Giving that Europe has an extrusion capacity of 7.4 million tonnes of
flexible PE it can be assumed that the EU recycling rate for these materials is
roughly 31%. 174 plastics recyclers have been analysed across Europe. Five
countries, Spain (18%), Germany (17%), Italy (13%), Poland (10%) and France (6%)
represent nearly 2/3 of the installed recycling capacity. The sources of the
flexible PE plastics waste are Commercial and Retailer Waste (43%), Production
Waste (23%), Agriculture waste (17%), and Household packaging (13%).
Ton Emans, PRE President and Chairman PE Working Group said “the plastics
recycling sector has been very dynamic in the last few years. This shows that
the industry is paving the way to enhance the circularity of plastics. In
addition, the Circular Economy Package and the Plastics Strategy give clear
targets to reach. On the other hand, China’s ban on import is further driving
investments in sorting and recycling plants.”
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