The Plastics Recycling Europe (plasticsrecyclers.eu) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (PlasticsRecycling.org) have developed a global definition governing the use of the term “recyclable” as it relates to plastics packaging and products, in hopes to provide a consistent metric to guide the efforts of sustainability for plastics in the Circular Economy.
In the joint announcement, Ton Emans, president of Plastics Recycling Europe, and Steve Alexander, president and CEO of The Association of Plastic Recyclers, pointed to the onslaught of recent announcements around commitments to package sustainability and recyclability.