The study shows that a higher recycling rate for plastics will create benefits for the European Union environment, economy and resource efficiency.
“This study, commissioned to Bio Intelligence Service, aims to put forward the most suitable scenario in order to further improve the sustainability of plastics via recycling in Europe in the period to 2020. Enhancing plastics recycling will save scarce resources, create jobs and reduce environmental impacts” said PRE president Ton Emans.
“The current plastics recycling situation is no longer acceptable. In the long run, economic growth, demographic changes and growing scarcity of raw materials will not allow Europe the luxury of wasting 76% of all plastic materials used. Urgent measures are needed in order to increase recycling rates for plastics. This study proposes crucial measures that should be taken in order to achieve this.”
The implementation of the Vision for Resource Efficiency will:
The full study is available on the Plastics Recyclers Europe’s website.
Source: Plastics Recyclers Europe
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