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. …
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PCEP welcomes new Steering Board members
“This is milestone for PCEP, as we now have our first woman board member as well as our first brand owner representative”
Green theme to PCEP’s virtual annual conference
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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PCEP ‘now a force to be reckoned with’ Secretary General tells annual conference
The time is now. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the systemic changes that a circular, carbon neutral economy requires.
How PCEP fosters polyolefin circularity across Europe
Industry must fundamentally rethink the way it designs, uses, and reuses plastics
Litter represents loss of useful and valuable material into the environment, PCEP tells Municipal Waste Europe seminar
“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.”
PCEP Secretary General to address Future of Polyolefins summit
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
PCEP expands team with appointment of two key positions
“I am really thrilled to be welcoming two such passionate and experienced circular economy advocates to our team” – Venetia Spencer
PCEP Secretary General to moderate summit debate on creating a coherent circular economy
Polyolefins (PO) represented 70% of European plastic packaging demand in 2018, according to a 2019 study carried out for PCEP by Conversio on collection and treatment of PO waste in EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway. The study also found that 71% of collected post-consumer PO waste in 2019 was packaging and that collected packaging was the source of 83% of post-consumer recycled PO
PCEP Sec Gen urges polyolefin industry to ‘be bold’ as she outlines EU policies shaping a new era for plastics
Our materials are used in every sector of the economy. So, when we take responsibility for our own footprint, we are the enabler for everyone else’s transformation to circularity too
PCEP calls for a circular economy focused recovery
Our members remain fully committed to the transition to a circular economy for polyolefins… We need to invest in forward looking infrastructure that will accelerate the transition to circularity.
PCEP’s first AGM held online to elect new Board
Brussels, 4 May 2020 – Mark Vester has been elected Chair of the PCEP Steering Board at the organisation’s first AGM this week, which was held online due to the Coronavirus lockdown. The AGM was the first since PCEP’s formal establishment as an international non-profit at the start of February. Vester, a founding PCEP board …
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2019 events news in brief
PCEP discusses sustainable plastics management at the Future of Polyolefins Summit 16 – 17 January 2019, Antwerp: Sander van Veen, Commercial and Supply Chain Director at Braskem Europe GmbH, participated as a speaker on behalf of PCEP at the Future of Polyolefins Summit in Antwerp. Van Veen discussed sustainable plastics management together with Ceflex and …
December Newsletter: PCEP becomes official
12 December 2019: Our December newsletter, “We’re official! Let’s keep driving the polyolefin circular economy”, has been published and is available to read here. Or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://mailchi.mp/4b76ec0bdc3f/were-official-lets-keep-driving-the-polyolefin-circular-economy
PCEP’s first Annual Conference moved into a higher gear
The very first PCEP Annual Conference was a success. It featured talks from more than 15 speakers working in the circular economy and had around 100 attendees. Venetia Spencer, PCEP Secretary General, kicked off this year’s edition. She highlighted in her inspirational speech both the challenges and the opportunities linked to turning the global polyolefin …
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Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) 