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organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE), the study’s authors from the Deloitte consultancy said: “The end-of-life treatment of plastics is underper- forming, especially when compared to more homogenous materials such as metals or glass”. The basis for the study was the EU target announced earlier in the Circular Economy Package for plastics recycling (including packaging and non-packaging waste) to increase from 22.5% in 2014 to 55% by 2025. Deloitte said that in order to achieve the 2025 target, more than 11m tpa of recycled material needs to be absorbed by end-markets. “For the absorption of the additional tonnages, the identifi- cation of new markets is required. These markets are mainly the sectors with a high demand of plastics and a low use of recycled material,” it said. The need to greatly increase the uptake of
recyclate has been reiterated by Jokey Group, the German rigid packaging manufacturer. Launching its so-called “grey” initiative, Jokey said it “calls upon producers and consumers to prefer packag- ing made of recycled material. The aim of Jokey’s initiative ‘grey’ is to promote recycling more strongly and the reduction of environmental pollution and packaging waste.” Jokey pointed out that it has been incorporating
plastics recyclate in its rigid packaging since the 1990s. “Nevertheless, the grey packaging has missed a broad acceptance in the market so far, although recycled plastic is performing nearly just as well as virgin material,” it said. Recycled raw material cannot be used for food-contact packag- ing, but it said the non-food-packaging sector offers a broad range of application possibilities, including paints, varnishes and construction chemicals. “The grey material can be decorated excellently with in-mould-labelling or digital printing. The whole container as well as the lid can be fully printed in photorealistic quality,” said Michael Schmitz, Manager - Marketing and Communication of the Jokey Group. “Grey is the new green. We are
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Penetration rate of plastics recyclates by sector Resins
of recyclates 2025
HDPE LDPE PP
Total
Construction HDPE LDPE PP
Total
Automotive PET
HDPE LDPE PP
Total
E&E PET
HDPE LDPE PP
Total
Others PET
HDPE LDPE PP
Total
PET Fibres Total
47.00% 35.30% 24.20% 27.20% 31.80%
16.50%
2.50% 2.20% 0
7.70% 5.50%
0
5.40% 0
7.40% 4.90%
56.60% 16.60% 20.60% 2.90%
11.80% 13.20% 7.10%
33.00% 75.00% 16.40% 35.50%
27.00% 9.80% 0
11.80% 11.60%
0
39.30% 5.70%
10.20% 13.50%
69.80% 37.10% 80.00% 14.00% 39.30% 10.10% 30.20%
Packaging PET
Penetration rate Penetration rate Recycled of recyclates 2014
2025 (000 t)
9.50% 3.70% 3.00% 1.70% 4.10%
18.60% 26.50% 6.60%
2,015 1,764 1,887 1,438 7,104
740 550 200
1,490
70 70 0
250 390
0
112 30
100 242
128 310
1,614 473
2,525 120
11,871
Source: Blueprint for plastics packaging waste: Quality sorting & recycling (2017), by Deloitte Sustainability
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