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EuRIC item tagged Plastics

Position papers

Recyclers' call for a Waste Shipment Regulation benefiting plastics circularity

26 May 2023
The Commission’s proposal for a Waste Shipment regulation (WSR) responds to the call under the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan to revise the WSR with the aim of (1) facilitating shipments of waste for reuse and recycling i...
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Legislative drivers for the circularity of packaging - A review on the measures of the EC's proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

25 April 2023
EuRIC represents the European recycling industry at a EU level. Gathering the vast majority of national recycling federations from EU/EEA Member States, the Confederation represents about 5.500+ recycling companies – from market leaders to SMEs – ...
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Revision of the ELV and 3R Type Approval Directives

27 October 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), welcomes the initiation of the Impact Assessment andrevision of both Directive 2000/53/EC on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and of the Directive 2005/64/EC on the type approval of motor vehicl...
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EuRIC welcomes the European plastics producers’ call for a 30% mandatory EU recycled content target by 2030

10 September 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) strongly welcomes the call made by Plastics Europe for a mandatory EU recycled content target for plastics packaging of 30% by 2030, and looks forward to working with the entire packaging va...
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Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

30 July 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), thanks the European Commission and Eunomia for the informative and often detailed series of workshops to support the measures created within the Impact Assessment for the revision of the Pa...
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EuRIC's Position on the Impacts of Biodegradable Plastics on Circularity

31 March 2021
In regard to the forthcoming Commission’s policy framework, related to bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics, EuRIC is pleased to share its position about biodegradable plastics, especially on packaging, and with this document help to ...
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EuRIC Indicative Specification Sheets for main grades of sorted plastics

26 November 2020
EuRIC’s purpose is to propose with these specification sheets an objective, measurable definition of the new B3011 entry of the Basel Convention which will enter into force on January 1st, 2021 (complete definition below). As you know, from this d...
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EuRIC & EERA Joint Call - Boosting Technical Plastics Recycling - A Matter of Urgency

07 July 2020
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC)* and the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA) represent the vast majority of technical plastics recyclers collecting, recycling and marketing recycled polymers from Waste E...
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EuRIC - Plastic Recycling Fact Sheet

02 June 2020
Plastic is an important and ubiquitous material in our daily lives and for the European economy. However, to maximize their multiple benefits and mitigate environmental impacts, improving the circularity of plastics at all stages of the value chai...
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EuRIC call for Recycled Plastic Content in Cars

24 February 2020
By turning waste into valuable resources and hence saving massive amounts of GHG and energy, plastics recycling is at the core of the circular economy. Automotive plastics’ recyclers have developed during the last decades state-of-art post-treatme...
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EuRIC Statement: EU position for implementation of Basel decisions into the OECD

06 June 2019
EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation, supports to ensure proper plastic waste treatment all over the world and the amendments concerning plastic waste which were decided at the 14th Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convent...
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Position paper - Amendments on the Norwegian Proposal to amend Annexes II, VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

01 April 2019
EuRIC is pleased to share amendments to the proposals made by Norway to amend Annexes II, VIII and IX of the Basel Convention which would impact the classification of plastic waste under the Basel Convention with the declared objective to curb mar...
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Preliminary Comments – Proposals to amend annexes II, VIII and IX of the Basel Convention

19 December 2018
EuRIC is pleased to share preliminary comments on the proposals made by Norway to amend annexes II, VIII and IX of the Basel Convention which would impact the classification of plastic waste under the Basel Convention with the declared objectives ...
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Position paper – Recast of the POP Regulation ahead of the vote in Plenary: Preserving high quality plastics recycling from WEEE & ELVs in Europe

13 November 2018
The proposal made in the ENVI Committee to set an unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) of 10 ppm for decaBDE in the Annex I of the POP Regulation, which is 100 times lower than the threshold set by the REACH restriction, will put an end...
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Joint statement - Coalition Call to Support Binding Recycled Content Targets in Beverage Bottles

07 November 2018
EuRIC and all the co-signatories of this joint statement urge the Council to support the binding target of at least 35% recycled plastic in beverage bottles by 2025.
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Joint Position on the Recast of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

05 September 2018
EuRIC together with many other associations share their concerns in a joint paper about the impact of setting a disproportionately low unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) threshold (10 mg/kg) for decaBDE on plastics recycling and its consistency...
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Joint Position FEAD_EuRIC on EC proposal on Single Use Plastics

22 June 2018
FEAD and EuRIC welcome the publication of the Commission’s proposal related to single-use plastics, aimed at reducing their impact on the environment.
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EuRIC comments - Low POP content limit value for decaBDE in plastic waste

07 June 2018
Ahead of the Open-ended working group of the Basel Convention (September 2018), EuRIC - the European Recycling Industry’s Confederation – is pleased to share the following comments on the low POP content limit value for decaBDE in waste.
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Strategy on plastics in a Circular Economy - EuRIC position

03 July 2017
EuRIC welcomes the introduction of the roadmap laying down the European Commission’s “Strategy on plastics in a circular economy” (‘the communication’).  As outlined in ‘the communication’, plastics is an important material for the economy, a...
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Complex Waste Plastics Recycling Industry ‘Wish List’

01 December 2016
This document summarises the shared opinion of some key players in the plastics materials recycling sector from complex wastes of durable products such as End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV’s) and Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) concern...
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