plastics

To boost the EU market for recycled plastics, the European Commission launched the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA). More than 275 organisations representing industry, academia and public authorities covering the entire plastics value chain have signed the declaration of the alliance. By joining the...

Thanks to their versatility, plastics have become key materials in strategic sectors such as packaging, building and construction, transportation, renewable energy, medical devices, and even sport products. There are about 60,000 European companies in the plastics industry, mainly SMEs, employing...

After four days of face-to-face event at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via Venue, from September 14 to 17, Equiplast closes the doors of its nineteenth edition with a good taste in the mouth Recycling, new resources and raw materials or Next Generation funds were some of the star themes of the...

New plastic product made out of waste from the textile industry is the title of an industrial symbiosis project carried out in collaboration between members from the Packaging Cluster and AEI Tèxtils. It had the aim of introducing to the market plastic products made of polypropylene recovered from...

On 11 December 2018 the European Commission announced the launch of the Circular Plastics Alliance, an alliance that gathers public and private stakeholders in the plastics value chains and has the purpose of improving the quality and economics of plastics recycling in Europe and ensuring the 10...