{"id":1134,"date":"2021-11-24T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2024-05-20T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:30:52","slug":"the-eus-plan-for-plastic-packaging-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/the-eus-plan-for-plastic-packaging-recycling","title":{"rendered":"The EU&#8217;s plan for plastic packaging recycling"},"content":{"rendered":" \n    <div class=\"c-post--header\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/envases-plasticos.jpg);\">\n        <a href=\"\" class=\"c-back-action\">\n            Go back        <\/a>\n        <h1>The EU&#8217;s plan for plastic packaging recycling<\/h1>\n\t\t<p class=\"c-post--author\">\n\t\t\tAuthor:\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/author\/scrapad-admin\/\">ScrapAd<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n        <div class=\"c-post--meta\">\n            <p>24\/11\/2021<\/p>\n            <div class=\"c-post--actions\">\n                <a onclick=\"window.print()\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">print<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <a data-clipboard-text=\"\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">content_copy<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <span class=\"c-article__action share__trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"large material-icons icon\">share<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"share__displays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=&amp;title=&amp;summary=&amp;source=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/linkedin.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"mailto:info@scrapad.com?&amp;cc=&amp;bcc=&amp;subject=&amp;body=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/email.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n \n    <section class=\"c-container \" style=\" background-color: #FBFBFB; background-size: cover; --xsPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --smPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --mdPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --lgPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xlPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xxlPadding: 80px 200px 80px 200px;  \">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-scrapad-blocks-container c-post\">\n<div class=\"c-article__desc wp-block-scrapad-blocks-article-desc\">\n<p>Plastic\u00a0production has skyrocketed in recent years. In 1950, it was 1.5 million tonnes; in 2019, 368 million tonnes. In fact, according to Greenpeace, we have produced more plastic in the last ten years than in the entire history of mankind.\u00a0This has meant that we are creating real\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/a-sea-of-plastic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seas of plastic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sharp increase in production has resulted in a surge in waste. Some plastic products take up to 1000 years to decompose. Items we use every day, such as plastic bags, take about 150 years to biodegrade, while plastic bottles (made from\u00a0<strong>PET plastic\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0<strong>PVC plastic<\/strong>) could take 500 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Europe, of the\u00a0<strong>post-consumer plastics\u00a0<\/strong>collected in 2018 for treatment, 42.6% went to energy recovery (i.e., they were incinerated), 32.5% to recycling and 25% to landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, half of the plastic to be recycled is treated outside the EU, due to lack of capacity, technology and insufficient financial resources. Until recently, much of it was sent to China and other Asian countries, but it often ends up in illegal landfills or polluting the sea and natural areas, which has led these countries to put a stop to the arrival of Western containers loaded with plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid increasing incineration and the accumulation of waste in landfills, the EU is looking for circular and environmentally friendly solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What measures has the EU taken to declare war on plastic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 3 July, an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/dir\/2019\/904\/oj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU directive<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;came into force which bans the sale of the 10 most common single-use plastic products found on Europe&#8217;s beaches: plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks and cotton buds&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding packaging, the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/strategy\/priorities-2019-2024\/european-green-deal_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Green Deal<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;sets recycling targets for plastic packaging of 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030. To achieve this, the European Commission aims to make all packaging fully recyclable by 2030. This implies better design to make them suitable for recycling, as well as&nbsp;<strong>measures to incentivise this process in the market:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create&nbsp;<strong>quality standards<\/strong>&nbsp;for secondary plasticsImprove&nbsp;<strong>certification&nbsp;<\/strong>to increase both industry and consumer confidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduce mandatory&nbsp;<strong>minimum recycled content&nbsp;<\/strong>standards for certain products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Persuade Member States to consider&nbsp;<strong>lowering VAT<\/strong>&nbsp;on recycled products. The European Parliament also approved the restriction of disposable plastic bags in 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To reach these objectives, companies face two major challenges: the quality and price of the recycled product. Strong investment in R&amp;D&amp;I is needed to develop smarter and more\u00a0recyclable plastic materials\u00a0and to make recycling profitable for companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"c-container c-post--related\" style=\"background-color: #F7F5F2; --xsPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --smPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --mdPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --lgPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px; --xlPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px; --xxlPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px;\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h3 class=\"c-article__side__heading\">Other posts that may interest you\u2026<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"scrapad-blocks-related glide\" data-autoplay=\"4000\" data-views-desktop=\"3\" data-views-tablet=\"2\" data-views-mobile=\"1\" data-mode=\"slider\">  \n            <div class=\"container glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\">\n                <div class=\"row slider-mobile glide__slides\">\n                                                                         \n                            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 glide__slide\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-blog__item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/are-magnesium-reserves-about-to-run-out-in-europe\/\" class=\"c-blog__item--inner\">\n            <div class=\"c-blog__item__header\">\n                <div\n                    class=\"c-blog__item__image\"\n                    style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/magnesio.jpg;\"\n                ><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item_body\">\n                    <h4 class=\"c-blog__item__title\">Are magnesium reserves about to run out in Europe?<\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"c-blog__item__meta\">\n                        <span class=\"c-blog__item__date\">20\/10\/2021<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item__desc\">\n                    <p>The German metals industry, through the WV Metalle association, has sounded the alarm about a supply crisis similar to the one that has occurred with chips.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item__footer\">\n                    <span class=\"c-blog__item__link\">Show details<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                     \n                            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 glide__slide\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-blog__item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/rising-shipping-costs-will-impact-on-business-and-consumers\/\" class=\"c-blog__item--inner\">\n            <div class=\"c-blog__item__header\">\n                <div\n                    class=\"c-blog__item__image\"\n                    style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/encarecimiento-transporte-maritimo-scaled.jpg;\"\n                ><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item_body\">\n                    <h4 class=\"c-blog__item__title\">Rising shipping costs will impact on business and consumers<\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"c-blog__item__meta\">\n                        <span class=\"c-blog__item__date\">07\/07\/2021<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item__desc\">\n                    <p>Global trade, both import and export, is being threatened\u00a0by\u00a0rising shipping prices. 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