The European Union continues to strengthen its regulatory framework to accelerate the transition toward a circular plastics economy. Several upcoming policy measures, including the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related circular economy initiatives, are expected to significantly increase the demand for recycled plastics across Europe by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These policies introduce ambitious targets for recycled content in plastic packaging and stronger collection and recycling requirements. For example, the proposed PPWR framework aims to ensure that plastic packaging contains increasing levels of recycled content and that collection systems are improved across Member States. As recycling targets rise, advanced technologies such as chemical recycling are expected to play an increasingly important role in processing plastic waste streams that cannot be recycled mechanically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chemical recycling technologies, including pyrolysis, can convert mixed and hard-to-recycle plastics into raw materials that can be used again in the production of new plastics and chemicals. By complementing mechanical recycling, these technologies help expand Europe\u2019s recycling capacity and reduce dependence on virgin fossil resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At NCS, we closely follow developments in European policy and support initiatives that promote innovation and investment in advanced recycling infrastructure. These regulatory developments provide a strong framework for scaling circular solutions that recover value from plastic waste while contributing to Europe\u2019s climate and sustainability goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: European Commission \u2013 Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), Circular Economy Action Plan.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Union continues to strengthen its regulatory framework to accelerate the transition toward a circular plastics economy. Several upcoming policy measures, including the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related circular economy initiatives, are expected to significantly increase the demand for recycled plastics across Europe by 2030. These policies introduce ambitious targets for … Lees meer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncsolutions.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}