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New EuPC President Renato Zelcher (CEO of Crocco) leads the plastics converting industry through challenges in Europe

30/05/2018 - 16:20

On the 25th May in Milan, during EuPC’s General Assembly, Renato Zelcher, CEO of Crocco S.p.A., has been elected as the new EuPC President for the period 2018-2020, replacing Micheal Kundel after four years of great leadership. EuPC’s GA has taken place during the annual two-day Conference that has been organised this year in collaboration with Unionplast (Federazione Gomma Plastica), the Italian plastics converting association.

EuPC's first comments on the European Commission's directive proposal on the reduction of certain type of plastic

28/05/2018 - 11:00

EuPC regrets to read that the European Commission has put forward today the proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, that mainly targets so-called “single use plastics” and fishing gear, especially in the context of the recent Plastics Strategy Communication.

Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2018 - WINNERS ANNOUNCED

25/05/2018 - 13:00

During the Gala Dinner of the conference A Circular Future with Plastics on 24 May 2018 in Milan, the Polymers for Europe Alliance announced the eight winners of the Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2018. The award ceremony of this European-wide customer survey took place in the presence of Elżbieta Bieńkowska, EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, who handed over the main award.

EuPC/PCE Food Contact Plastics Seminar 2018 took place in Brussels

24/04/2018 - 12:00

On 19 and 20 April 2018, EuPC with the support of Polymer Comply Europe held its annual Food Contact Plastics Seminar in Brussels. The seminar was attended by a broad spectrum of participants from the plastics food packaging industry, food industry, laboratories, and regulators. The theme of the seminar was Ensuring Safety of Products with panellists providing valuable insight into the current and future regulatory framework.

Independent LCA of grocery carrier bags materials: plastics prove to be the material with the overall lowest impact to environment

20/03/2018 - 13:06

On March 14th, 2018 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) has published a study that analyses the life cycle environmental impacts of production, use and disposal of grocery carrier bags currently available in Danish supermarkets. The aim of the study being to identify the bag with the best environmental performance, the recommended number of reuse and best disposal option of a grocery bag.

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