Extrusion International 2-2019

19 Extrusion International 2/2019 www.maag.com GEAR PUMPS, FILTRATION, PELLETIZING AND PULVERIZING SYSTEMS MAAG – 4 STEPS AHEAD FOR YOUR SUCCESS Visit us at Chinaplas: Hall 5.1, Booth S51 Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) www.plasticsrecyclers.eu boost further investment with the goal of transforming this material into a high-quality product.” The changewill need to implement an improvedand increased collection system as well as additional sorting infrastructure. These measures should be complemented by enabling free WEEE material circulation across the Member States. A consis- tent and stable legislative framework is also a prerequisite to boost investors’ confidence. [1] Urban Mine Platform. Available online at: http://www.urbanmineplatform.eu/composition/eee/materials [2] Source: Plastics – the Facts 2018. An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data. [3] An alternative name for engineering plastics [4] Source : Responsible recycling of WEEE plastics containing Brominated Flame Retardants-BFR’s. EERA.2018 In 2020 EU will generate an additional 46% of plastic waste coming from the electrical & electronic (E&E) sector in com- parison to the year 2000 [1]. Engineering plastics today are the third most widely used material, after packaging and build- ing & construction applications and represent 16% [2] of the total EU demand. They are extensively employed in both the automotive and the E&E sector as they are lighter, more du- rable, provide increased safety and overall have a better en- vironmental performance when compared to other materials. Consequently, engineering plastics are the preferredmaterial, replacing heavier and less resistant and less sustainable con- stituents. Taking into consideration the growing digitalisa- tion, their production and use will continue to grow very fast. This means that Europe will be facing a growing amount of waste from technical plastic parts [3]. Recycling rates remain low, even though facilities and technologies to treat them do exist and are operational on an industrial scale. To give an ex- ample, only 300.000 tonnes of waste from electrical and elec- tronic equipment (WEEE) was destined for recycling at special- ized European facilities in 2017, whereas the recycling capacity needed amounts to around 3 million tonnes. [4] This shows the urgency needed to tackle the challenges that these streams present and to overhaul the obsolete waste management practices which have dominated previously. An- tonino Furfari, Managing Director of PRE comments: “Today we need to reach for the untapped material which is not fully exploited yet. This will require extra effort to guarantee the conditions necessary for the recyclers of technical plastic to Growing Recycling Market Plastics Recyclers Europe publishes the Strategy Paper on the state of play of the Technical Plastic Parts recycling