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Text no.: 004 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
European Plastics Pact officially launched
(EU) – A new public-private coalition wants to reduce the consumption of plastic packaging and single-use products in the EU and to advance the circular economy. Governments from 15 countries joined 66 companies and organisations in... more 
Text no.: 005 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
Coca-Cola: 100 per cent
recycled PET in Sweden
(S) – Coca-Cola is selling only PET bottles made out of 100 per cent recycled plastic on the Swedish market. These bottles are labelled with a new recycling logo and the prompt "Recycle me again". The message on the large label... more
Text no.: 006 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
EuPC decides not to sign
European Plastics Pact
(EU) – The industry umbrella group European Plastic Converters (EuPC) will not become a signatory to the European Plastics Pact for "many reasons". However, the organisation said that it would keep monitoring the pact’s... more
Text no.: 007 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
Industry associations criticise
planned EU "plastic levy"
(EU) – An agreement has still not been brokered in talks about the EU’s long-term budget for the next seven years. Accordingly, the "plastic levy" which was envisaged as a new source of "EU own resources" –... more
Text no.: 008 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
Borealis embracing the circular
economy in new group strategy
(A) – The plastic manufacturer Borealis plans to roll out a new corporate strategy to deliver sustainable growth and an "expanded definition of purpose" before the end of the first quarter. At the release of its 2019 financials,... more
Text no.: 009 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
FCC’s environment division boosts
both profits and earnings in 2019
(E) – The Spanish services concern FCC reported increased revenues and operating earnings in its environment division for 2019. The business, which is active primarily in Europe, but also in North America, posted revenues of €2.915bn... more
Text no.: 010 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
New deposit bottle and can
sorting plant opens in Denmark
(DK) – Denmark’s bottle deposit system Dansk Retursystem opened a new sorting plant in Høje Taastrup last week. The new facility is to handle a large part of the more than 1.4 billion deposit-bearing bottles and cans... more
Text no.: 011 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
Versalis opts for
pyrolysis method
(I) – Versalis, a subsidiary of the Italian oil, gas and energy group Eni, has signed a joint development agreement with the Italian engineering group Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo (SRS) for the chemical recycling of plastic waste. SRS... more
Text no.: 012 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
New owners for the German
plastics processor Wela Plast
(D) – The German plastics processor Wela Plast has been acquired by the firms Lefa GmbH and Siemer Unternehmensbeteiligung AG. Wela Plast produces recycled plastic regranulate and regrind.
Wela Plast has until now been an... more
Text no.: 013 Issue RW06/2020 Publication date: 18.03.2020
EEW’s revenues rise by one per cent
to around €553m for the year 2018
(D) – German waste-to-energy (wte) plant operator EEW posted a 1 per cent increase in 2018 revenues to €552.8m, according to the group’s most recent financial reports published in February in the German Federal Gazette.... more
