Recycling Day: PVC on the right track for recycling
Global Recycling Day is on 18 March. The worldwide day of action of the Brussels-based Global Recycling Foundation has been calling for a more conscious approach to waste and more recycling since 2018. The European PVC industry has been focusing on recycling as a central component of a functioning circular economy for many years. The long-term sustainability framework [...]
New material flow diagram for Germany: More recyclates and recycling of plastics
There is hardly a topic of our time in which plastics do not play a - much discussed - role: modern consumer habits and their impact on the environment, resource protection and CO2 reduction in sectors such as mobility and construction, the generation of renewable energy by means of wind power or solar cells. For many years, a comprehensive life cycle analysis on plastics in Germany has been looking at all these [...]