EU: Results of survey on the use of recycled plastics materials

The European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) has conducted a European survey on the current and future use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in Europe’s plastics converting industry.
Three of the major conclusions are: 1) The quality of rPM remains the biggest barrier to a stronger use of recyclates as raw materials. Almost 60% of the European plastics converting companies find it hard or very had to get a supply of rPM in an acceptable quality. 2) The customers of converting companies do not support the use of rPM well enough. 3) The current regulatory framework needs to be adapted to adequately support the use of rPM (Press Release EuPC, 25 October 2017).
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