6. Netherlands â 2012 over 50% recycled
⢠Plastic packaging collection only started in 2009
⢠ž of the collected material got recycled in 2012
⢠Companies (producers and importers) are legally
obliged to separately collect all the plastic waste and
offer for recycling.
⢠They pay a waste management fee for financing the
system of collection and recycling
⢠Collections:
â Underground containers that condense the plastic
â In containers at street level
â house-to-house with transparent bags
7. Germany â 2012 over 40% recycled
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collected in transparent yellow bags or bins
Recycled plastic can keep up with virgin plastic
economically reasonable, much cheaper
goal for 2015: more than 60%
12. PVC recycling in the UK
⢠by selective dissolution and filtration
⢠a virgin-like recycled PVC compound
⢠Plastic recycling target by 2017 is 57%
(28% in 2012)
13. Utilization e.g. Germany
⢠more than 90% in Germany
⢠the rest mainly in Europe
⢠Otherwise only certified customers
⢠"Green Fence" policy by Chinese government:
dam the import of unsorted, inferior plastic waste
to China
⢠The Green Dot doesnât export unsorted plastic
waste.