Joining the EU Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA)
As part of the EU Plastics Strategy adopted last year, the European Commission called on industry to use ten million tonnes of recycled plastics in new products by 2025. In order to achieve this goal, the EU Commission has founded the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) together with the various economic players.
PET-Verpackungen GmbH Deutschland supports the use of more plastic recyclates in products
After several months of preparation, the CPA has now drawn up a declaration that describes how the 10 million tonne target can be achieved. PET-Verpackungen GmbH Deutschland has also joined the alliance and has thus committed itself to cooperate in the areas of design-for-recycling, collection and sorting, processing of recyclates, as well as research and development and monitoring.
Even though the CPA has its sights set on the recycling of all plastics, we are certain that significant positive proposals from Germany can be transferred to other places. Regarding the recycling of disposable PET bottles subject to a container deposit in particular, Germany achieves recycling rates of over 97 % with its established collection system (GVM Study 2017), making it the leader in Europe. The steadily increasing use of recycled materials is also reflected in our products. Today our customers demand recycled material shares of over 50 % to 100 %. With the decision to invest in our recycling plant, we have not only taken another important step towards extending our value chain, but are also living up to our responsibility to handle the available resources carefully.