Plastics recycling grows in Europe (I)

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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