ASSOCIATIONS

Plastics Recyclers Europe reconfirms Ton Emans as president / No changes to existing management committee

PLASTICS RECYCLING

Plastics have potential to reach recycling rate of more than 60% by 2020 / Creation of 360,000 "green" jobs / Plastics Recyclers Europe study

PET RECYCLING EUROPE

Bottle collection forecast to reach 2.1m t by 2017 / Recycling growth of 5.6% in 2012 / Petcore/Plastics Recyclers Europe report

EVENTS

Plastics Recyclers Europe: Annual 2-day meeting scheduled for November in Amsterdam

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE

PRE demands separate PET tray recycling scheme / Call for joint value chain approach

RECYCLING

Plastics Recyclers Europe calls for the incorporation of recyclability into the design stage of packaging / Introduces RecyClass project aimed at offering guidelines

RECYCLING

European Commission launches plastic waste consultation / Results of latest Green Paper initiative to feed into 2014 waste policy review / Industry associations welcome latest action

RECYCLING

New EU proposals highlight waste management and recycling / Welcomed by EuPR

ASSOCIATIONS

EuPR rebrands itself as Plastics Recyclers Europe / 160 delegates attend annual meeting held under the aegis of “Resource Efficiency for Plastics” / Updated strategy paper