July 06. 2010 EPROs Best Recycled Product Competition - 2010 Promoting the cycle of plastics  EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations) calls for examples of products m... May 11. 2010 News from Finland: Return Rate of Plastics Bottles almost 90 percent The return rate of the deposit plastics bottles in Finland went up from year 2008 till year 2009 almost 15 percentage units.  According to depo... April 27. 2010 NEW INTERNATIONAL ‘RECYLE ON THE GO’ PLATFORM LAUNCHES Recoup is inviting key stakeholders from across the Recycle on the Go arena, in the UK and further afield, to become founding members of a new interna... March 03. 2010 Finnish Wood Plasticswaste Composite awarded “Best Innovator” prize for sustainable innovation management in Germany Finnish company UPM has been awarded the “Sustainable Innovation Management” prize at the “Best Innovator 2010” awards in Germany. The annual compet... December 08. 2009 Car seat for children wins, “Best product containing recycled plastics”- competition, for 2009. EPRO (European association of plastics recycling and recovery organisations) has awarded car seats for children, manufactured by the French company, T... October 27. 2009 Plastic packaging recycling in 2008 rose to 29%, despite crisis   EU27+2 recycled 29% of all its plastics packaging in 2008, easily surpassing the EU’s target of 22.5%, says the annual report Compelling Fac... October 07. 2009 Compelling Facts 2009 - Available now The publication successfully expands on the previous years work and provides a detailed snapshot of the current European plastics recycling picture.&n... September 29. 2009 EPRO - Best Recycled Product competition - now closed The competition has now closed. Thank you to all those organisations that have supported this initiative. There has been a greater interest than expe... July 15. 2009 Call for recycled goods: Best products containing recycled plastics Do you sell goods made of recycled material? Would you like the whole of Europe to know about your products and their environmental advantages? &nbs... March 02. 2009 Closer to a more sustainable PET recycling industry in Europe European recycling has now taken a step forward with the launch of the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP).    EPBP will offer a service ... December 16. 2008 UK - Developments in mixed plastics collections Two ... December 16. 2008 No ban on carrier bags in Norway Should we ban plastic carrier bags in Norway? The question was raised by Environment Minister Erik Solheim on television on 8th of March 2008. The min... October 22. 2008 Plastics recovery up to 50% and growth in demand continues to outpace GDP The plastics industry – comprising PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO – has published its 18th report on trends in production, demand and recovery of... September 25. 2008 UK - Recycle on the Go Recoup is pleased to be associated with the launch of the UK’s first “on-the-go” recycling zone scheme by Coca Cola Enterprises and WRAP.Recycling Zon... September 25. 2008 Norwegian LCA - analysis for mixed household plastics The main conclusion is that mechanical recycling gives the most net positive environmental impact. That goes for both climate and energy calculation... 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...