MORE – MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe – has completed its first round of data collection in France and announces the monitored volumes of recycled polymers used by plastics converting companies.
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MORE announces first results on the use of recycled polymers in France
For 2018, the participating companies registered a use of 389,000 tonnes of recycled polymers in France. The represented markets are packaging, construction, automotive, and consumer goods.
The MORE platform was launched by EuPC in co-operation with its member associations in April 2019 to monitor and register the industry’s efforts to reach the EU target of 10 million tonnes of recycled polymers being used annually between 2025 and 2030. Due to the work of Fédération de la Plasturgie, and the commitment of French plastics converting companies, France is the first country than can officially announce these promising results.
Director General Jean Martin said: “We are proud to have achieved and contributed to this MORE movement in France where companies have realised how important the use and declaration of recycled plastics are in the current situation. With this tool our converting industry is united in reporting volumes of all polymers and sectors and clearly on its way to register the volumes of our overall commitment of one million tonnes by the year 2025.”
EuPC Managing Director Alexandre Dangis added: “We are delighted to present the first results of our monitoring platform MORE to the public. The collection of data on the use of recycled polymers is crucial to showcase our industry’s efforts towards a circular plastics economy in Europe. With MORE, our industry is able, for the very first time, to report the volumes of recyclate that are used in the creation of new products, data that is indispensable to monitor the progress towards the EU target of 10 million tonnes annual use. I congratulate the Fédération de la Plasturgie and see these actions as an example to follow in all other EU Countries.”
