All European countries, whether they are part of the EU or not, decided to go in one direction: You know already that this is called circular economy....
All European countries, whether they are part of the EU or not, decided to go in one direction: You know already that this is called circular economy. They want to reach a working circular economy until 2050. Therefore, some fundamental steps are needed and one of the main steps is reuse and recycle materials. This includes of course design products fit for recycling as well, because we need to enable recycling this way.
That’s why this Grip on Green covers “mechanical recycling” and the including parts like collection from households, sorting and producing new products.
To have a better feeling on the packaging waste situation in Europe, you will find here after some self speaking grahics illustrating the global issue.
All following graphics & figures are coming from Eurostat, the European agency for all statistics which is access free. If you want to see the complete articles and all graphics, click here.
We wish you all a good reading and in case of any question, do not hesitate to contact our Sustainability Project Manager:
Janin Wascinski : J.Wascinski@ponteurope.com
The green packagng team,
