February 04. 2008 Plastics recovery reach 50% and growth in demand outpace GDP by 50% The plastics industry publishes its 17th report on trends in production, demand and recovery of plastics called the “Compelling Facts about Plastics 2... April 23. 2007 EPRO at Indentiplast 2007 - T&I Focus Further to the presentation on Monday 23rd April at Identiplast in Brussels, Tina van Lierde and Peter Sundt have written the following article o... February 27. 2007 EPRO present at 3rd ProEurope Congress - Paris, October 2006 Peter Sundt, Secretary General EPRO presented at the 3rd ProEurope Congress. View the presentation "Plastics:  material of the future - waste o... December 12. 2006 L&T opens Latvia's biggest recycled materials production plant in Riga. L&T, specialising in environmental management, has officially opened their new recycled materials production plant in Riga today. The plant will... September 23. 2005 News from Germany - Summer 2005 DKR finalises playground project In April 2005 the DKR finalised the project to promote the marketing of plastic recycling products for equipping playgrounds. In the city of Geestha... September 23. 2005 News from the UK - Summer 2005 Marks & Spencer launches food grade recycled PET packaging June 2005 saw the launch of a major packaging recycling initiative for the leading UK retailer, Marks and Spencer. The company has re-launched it's ... September 23. 2005 News from the UK - Summer 2005 The BIG recycle Building on its tremendous success last year, in June we saw 'the BIG recycle 2005'. Recoup are leading the promotion of plastics recycling to consu... September 23. 2005 News from France - Summer 2005 Communication campaign toward citizens Communities have expressed a need for communication tools to explain to the their citizens what happens to the plastics they sort for recycling. ... September 23. 2005 News from France - Summer 2005 Partnership with the « Foundation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l’Homme » Following interest from several French Mayors who are working with local communities to prompt the collection and sorting of plastic bottles, Valorp... September 23. 2005 News from Norway - Summer 2005. Plastretur and Norsk Returkartong becomes Emballasjeretur After several years with thorough negotiations the owners of Plastretur AS and Norsk Returkartong AS have decided to merge the operative parts of th... September 23. 2005 News from Norway - Summer 2005 2004 – Plastreturs’ best ever recycling result Last year 28.300 tons of Norwegian plastic packaging were collected and recycled, compared to 24.400 tons for 2003. This means an increase of more t...