the european plastics industry has appreciated the green paper on plastics waste of eu commission, describing it as a method for joint action among different key players to realize the aim of zero plastics to landfill by the year 2020. the plasticseurope organization declared its backing substitute solutions to the landfilling of plastics waste and to sustaining plastics in the globular economy for as long as possible. dr wilfried haensel, who is the executive director of plasticseurope, mentions that the analysis of the landfill directive in 2014 provides a chance to make a stepchange in the resource efficiency policy of eu. dr wilfried further said that the addition of a landfill forbid on plastics waste in the directive will encourage the plastic recycling sector and will also offer more plastic waste for efficient energy recovery to generate electricity and heat. dr haensel adds that this method will eventually lead to the producing of jobs, and to europe being a country which is less dependent on energy imports. the european plastics industry is planning to reply to the green paper and offer thorough information on their aim towards increased sustainability of products made up of plastic. alexandre dangis is the managing director of a trade association european plastics converters, which is commonly known as eupc. on 7 march, alexandre spoke in brussels on the occasion of the waste free oceans conference, regarding public & private solutions to marine waste. he says that, at the occasions, when future polymer supply for european plastics converters remains volatile and uncertain, there is a clear requirement to optimize the sorting and collection of plastics waste for the plastics industry to be more resource competent. the requirement to incorporate more plastics recyclates in final appliances will only amplify the sustainability of products made up of plastics. he further mentioned that they are looking ahead to analyzing further the offer of the commission and discussing chances within the plastics value chain. as per the information given by plasticseurope, each year in europe, around 10 million tones of postconsumer plastic waste is dumped in landfills. the organization says that zero landfilling will also help to prevent plastics from involving in the marine environment. as per the information given by the united nations environment programme unep, out of all marine litter, about 80 originates from land. in order to reduce marine litter, better waste management would be one significant step. source of information httpwww.packagingtoday.co.uknewsnewseuplasticswastegreenpaperwelcomed
