The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. has commissioned a study on the use of recyclates in plastic packaging.
Here, the Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung (GVM) came to the following conclusion: the use of recycled plastic in packaging could already increase from 475 to over 850 thousand tonnes per year according to the IK approx. 20 per cent of the production volume. However, the quantities and qualities of recyclates are still limited. There is a need to catch up here. In order to be able to utilise recyclates as a raw material, the industry must Extensive investments This is not only necessary for design-for-recycling, but also for the expansion of high-quality sorting and recycling processes.
"By 2045 at the latest, the year in which Germany wants to be climate-neutral, plastic products must be made entirely from recyclates and renewable raw materials," says IK Managing Director Dr Isabell Schmidt.
SourceIK
