{"id":83557,"date":"2023-07-27T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=83557"},"modified":"2023-07-27T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T10:12:19","slug":"entrepreneur-forum-chemical-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/unternehmerforum-chemisches-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Business forum calls for fair opportunities for chemical recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stakeholders from the entire value chain jointly address politicians. Organised in the Unternehmerforum chemisches Recycling (UFCR), they put forward proposals in nine areas in which legislators should set the course for a functioning circular economy for plastics.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Product status for chemical recycling products, introduction of recyclate utilisation quotas, recognition of mass balances - these are three of the key areas of political action identified by the members of the UFCR. In the paper now presented \u201ePolicy fields of action for the raw materials transition and the transformation to a circular economy through chemical recycling in Germany\u201c<\/strong> companies - from plastics manufacturers and processors to recyclers - will present nine areas in which legislators must set the course for a functioning circular economy for plastics. The UFCR is organised and moderated by the Industrial Resource Strategies think tank.<\/strong><\/p>

\u201eWith the current legal framework, chemical recycling on an industrial scale cannot really be realised economically and legally securely in Germany. As the goal of using fewer fossil-fuelled plastics has been clearly formulated by the German government and industry, there is a need for action. Without chemical recycling, there will be no comprehensive circular economy for plastic waste<\/strong>.\"<\/p>

Dr Christian K\u00fchne, <\/strong>Thinktank managing director and UFCR moderator
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Example: Product-specific recyclate utilisation rates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mandatory recycling quotas in packaging and other applications are accelerating the transformation from fossil to circular raw materials. Truly ambitious targets for raw material substitution can only be achieved, if secondary raw materials from chemical recycling, e.g. pyrolysis oil, are also taken into account<\/strong>. This requires investment in the collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure as well as secure access to waste that cannot be processed in mechanical recycling.<\/p>

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The end consumer must be provided with transparent information about the actual recycled content by means of an appropriate label. Future product claims must clearly distinguish between \u201erecyclates\u201c (physically verifiable circular content) and \u201eallocated recyclates\u201c, as provided by mass-balanced chemical recycling.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Example: Packaging Act<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Here, chemically recycled plastics have not yet been recognised for the existing recycling quotas. The German government announced in the coalition agreement that it would change this. The UFCR is now putting a proposal on the table, fair conditions for mechanical and chemical recycling<\/strong> creates: Section 16(2) of the Packaging Act should be amended to allow the dual systems to use chemical recycling processes beyond the first 63 per cent of the mechanical recycling rate for plastics in order to achieve a higher recycling rate.<\/p>

The members of the UFCR are submitting a proposal to politicians on how to create an attractive framework and fair conditions for mechanical and chemical recycling. This would result in Legal certainty for companies<\/strong>, so that investments in sustainable technologies are attractive in Germany. This would also be a significant contribution to strengthening Germany as a centre for chemicals and industry.<\/strong><\/p>

The proposals for nine fields of action:<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Waste hierarchy level 3 for chemical recycling<\/li>
  2. End of waste status through REACH registration<\/li>
  3. Utilisation of specific and flexible mass balance methods<\/li>
  4. Amendment of Section 16 (2) VerpackG<\/li>
  5. Product-specific recyclate utilisation rates<\/li>
  6. Investments and steering effect - away from incineration and towards recycling<\/li>
  7. Sorting of household-related municipal waste<\/li>
  8. Consistent enforcement of the KrWG and GewAbfV<\/li>
  9. Establishment of a standardised and independent body and data collection of all waste and recycling processes as well as certificates<\/li><\/ol>

    The Paper of the UFCR<\/a> is available for download.<\/p>

    Source:<\/em> Industrial resource strategies think tank<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tInterzero starts production of food-grade recyclates\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSite Zero Achieves Highest EU Recycling Standard\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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