The industry has been assuring its stakeholders of its “commitment to supporting the Circular Economy Package.”
As eppm reports, while the target to “send zero plastics to landfill by 2025” is undoubtedly “ambitious”, the industry is “determined” to meet this goal “in order to ensure plastics is treated as a resource that will not be wasted.”
To achieve this target the industry plans to “produce 55 percent of plastic packaging so it is prepared for re-use and recycling”, and assured stakeholders that it was “willing to play its part”.
“We call for the mandatory separate collection of all packaging from residual waste by 2025,” the industry’s statement read.
“The Commission shall establish a uniform methodology for the calculation of the targets of ‘preparing for re-use and recycling’ and the measurement point for recycling performance. Uniformity will set a level playing field for all actors on the market and enable an accurate overview of Member States’ performance as well as meaningful comparisons.”
The industry also issued a call for an “EU-wide standardisation of plastic waste and its treatment, including specifications for sorted waste” as well as “the harmonisation of test methods for recycled plastic materials” and “the certification of plastic recycling operations.”
“Innovation in technologies throughout the whole plastics value chain should be enhanced in order to increase its potential,” the statement concluded.