The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) has today announced the appointment of a new permanent Secretary General for the association, effective 1st September. Paolo Bochicchio, former Secretary General of the European Lime Association (EuLA), will be taking over as a permanent replacement from Danuta Slusarska, who has occupied the role on an interim basis since …
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What was the impetus for PCEP to develop this enhanced technical data sheet?One of the biggest barriers for transitioning to a new circular plastics economy is for industry to accept a new plastic raw material. You could argue, that this is because it needs to move out of its historic comfort zone of only using …
The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) has upgraded its voluntary plastics pledge and commitments after achieving its initial target ahead of schedule. In 2018, PCEP committed to strong voluntary action for the polyolefin value chain as part of the Circular Plastics Alliance and the European Commission’s campaign to reach 10 million tonnes of recycled plastic …
Danuta Slusarska has been seconded as interim Secretary General of the Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) from Rud Pedersen Public Affairs, while recruitment is underway for a permanent replacement of outgoing Secretary General Venetia Spencer. Ms. Slusarska’s appointment ensures that PCEP maintains its positive momentum at a critical moment for the industry’s transition to circularity. …
With an abundance of product design guidelines available in the plastic industry, how do we know what’s good or bad? PCEP has brought the value chain together and developed three overarching principles for polyolefin design, to provide designers with confidence that the guidelines they use will advance the circular economy. We all know that product …
Gathering the polyolefin value chain together around one table has unlocked a major barrier for the industry’s transformation to a circular economy – the key being a new, enhanced technical data sheet for recyclers. The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) developed its enhanced technical data sheet to boost confidence in the use of recycled polyolefins …
Work to research the type and amount of flexible packaging and rigid plastic packaging in the post-consumer waste stream across Europe reaches Germany thanks to collaboration with Resource Futures, cyclos GmbH, KAVG and PreZero CEFLEX and partners PCEP, Petcore Europe, Styrenics Circular Solutions and Stina (previously MORE Recycling) have teamed up to understand the reality …
It was very disappointing to hear UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments to young children who genuinely want to play their part in saving the planet for their future, particularly as much of what he was saying is simply not true. Recycling plastic is not a “red herring”, as Johnson claims. It is a major …
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BRUSSELS, 27 July 2021 – The non-profit association PolyREC® announced today that the value chain initiatives Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP), Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) and European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene (EUMEPS) have joined members Petcore Europe, PlasticsEurope, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and VinylPlus to support the setup of a harmonised, pan-European data collection system for …
“This is milestone for PCEP, as we now have our first woman board member as well as our first brand owner representative”
Green was the theme of the day for PCEP’s 2021 annual conference, broadcast from a specialist film studio in Brussels. While online delegates will not have seen on their screens, Secretary General Venetia Spencer’s appearance as both keynote speaker and moderator was filmed in front of a green screen in a small studio. Commenting after …
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The time is now. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the systemic changes that a circular, carbon neutral economy requires.
Industry must fundamentally rethink the way it designs, uses, and reuses plastics
“Litter falls outside of the ‘collected waste’ part of our activities – and that is fundamentally unacceptable. That’s a loss of material into the environment, which from our perspective is a loss of useful and valuable material that we could be able to reuse.”
Only through dialogue and collaboration across the whole sector – such as is taking place at this summit – can we achieve our goals of a circular polyolefin economy
Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) 