Virginia Janssens

Plastics Europe welcomes the launch of the EU’s Competitiveness Compass, including its recognition of the untapped competitive potential of circularity and need to catalyse investment in recycling. The sector remains very concerned by the absence of a tailored approach for plastics...

Plastics Europe’s latest data on the health of the European plastics system highlights a steeper-than-expected downturn in the production of plastics and, for the first time, in mechanically recycled plastics production in 2023 in Europe. Compared to 2022, total EU plastics production saw a sharp decline...

Plastics Europe published its biennial “The Circular Economy for Plastics: A European Analysis” report. Its data provides an overview of European plastics production, conversion, consumption, and waste management, and includes an analysis of plastics production from non-fossil sources, and recycling technologies...

Plastics Europe announces an increase of 20% in the use of recycled plastics in new products in 2021 compared to 2020, according to its “Plastics - The Facts 2022” annual report, presented at the K 2022 Show. Consequently, the rate of recycled content in plastics products has reached almost 10%. This step ahead demonstrates...

Plastics Europe announced the appointment of Marco ten Bruggencate, Commercial Vice President for Packaging and Specialty Plastics Emea at Dow, as its President. He succeeds Markus Steilemann, CEO of Covestro. In this new role, Marco ten Bruggencate will continue to drive Plastics Europe’s and...

The European association of plastics manufacturers, Plastics Europe launched the second edition of the “Circular Economy for Plastics - A European Overview”, a detailed report of plastics flows related to production, conversion, consumption, waste management, recycling, and use of recycled plastics in Europe in 2020...

The European association of plastics manufacturers, Plastics Europe, unveiled a new visual identity and website with sustainability at its core. This reflects the fundamental changes taking place within both the industry and Plastics Europe. Plastic is a key material in enabling innovation and...