


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.

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L&T, specialising in environmental management, has officially opened their new recycled materials production plant in Riga today. The plant will... |

May 30. 2006

Recycling plastics in Europe – new figures highlight growth & need for informed comparisons

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EPRO has published the 2004 statistics for plastic packaging recycling and recovery enabled by its members. These show that at approximately 1.8 mil... |

September 23. 2005

News from Germany - Summer 2005
DKR finalises playground project

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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

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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

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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

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Communities have expressed a need for communication tools to explain to the their citizens what happens to the plastics they sort for recycling.
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September 23. 2005

News from France - Summer 2005
Partnership with the « Foundation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l’Homme »

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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

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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

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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... |

June 10. 2004

SPECIAL AWARD FOR FINNISH PLASTICS WASTE TREATMENT INNOVATION

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The laboratory for energy and environmental protection at Helsinki University of Technology received year 2004 Solid Waste Processing Division award... |

April 16. 2004

Environmental Five-a-Side football

| The Norwegian company Polyfiber AS manufactures environmental football fields with dividing walls made out of recycled plastic for Five-a-Side footbal... |

February 20. 2004

Plastic Kids are back in Portugal!

| Plastic Kids's second edition is already going on between more than 1000 students and over 50 schools. This national competition aims to create a bigg... |

January 08. 2004

Response to the Commission’s Thematic Strategy for the prevention and recycling of waste of May 27, 2003

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Here you can read the wording of a letter sent to the EU Commission on behalf of EPRO, the European Association of Plastics Recycling & Recovery... |

December 12. 2003

Great Britain: British government announces packaging waste recovery targets

| Following consultation, as reported in the October issue of Recycling Plastics Monthly, Government has announced business packaging recovery and recyc... |

November 04. 2003

Playground ideas from recycled plastic: Child-friendly and cost-saving

| Germany: Cologne/Geesthacht, The St. Maximilian Kolbe daycare facility in Cologne-Porz, which was inaugurated on October 4, 2003, and the Richtweg pla... |
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