Pledges

This section features the pledges collected under the European Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy.

In January 2018, the European Commission invited stakeholders to submit voluntary pledges touse or produce recycled plastics. The target is that 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics find their way into products in the EU by 2025.

By end 2018, companies and business organisations, including those representing the full supply chains for major plastic materials currently in use in Europe such as POs, PET, PVC and EPS, have submitted 70 pledges.

The Commission has launched in December 2018 the Circular Plastics Alliance to promote further voluntary actions and commitments for more recycled plastics and reach the 10 million tonnes target.

Download here the assessment report of the voluntary pledges published by the Commission in March 2019.

Stakeholders can submit or update a voluntary pledge by using this link.

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  • Pledge by: Kaneka Belgium NV

    Pledger
    Kaneka Belgium NV
    Type of pledger
    Primary producer
    Market area
    Packaging

    Plastic materials:

    • Others: PHA
    Abstract of the summary
    Kaneka Belgium NV would like to pledge to provide European market with innovative biodegradable polymer named PHBHTM, for food packaging applications which are 1) difficult to recycle in a mechanical way due to high contamination level, 2) can be fully recovered into organic fertilizer products via organic recycling, and 3) biodegrades in marine environment in case of accidental losses.

  • Pledge by: Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG

    Pledger
    Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG
    Type of pledger
    Retailer
    Market area
    Packaging

    Plastic materials:

    • PET
    Abstract of the summary
    The subject of Kaufland’s pledge is the recycled content in our own brand beverage packaging produced at our production company Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG (MEG). The bottles for the Kaufland own brand beverages (“K-Classic”) already contain an average of approx. 25 percent recycled material. We continuously work to increase the recycled content rate in our PET bottles.

  • Pledge by: Lexmark International Inc.

    Pledger
    Lexmark International Inc.
    Type of pledger
    Brand owner
    Market area
    Electrical and Electronic

    Plastic materials:

    • ABS
    • Others: POM
    • Others: HIPS
    • Others: PC
    Abstract of the summary
    Lexmark is committed to pursuing circular economy initiatives for increased inclusion of post-consumer recycled plastic in its products. · For Lexmark’s in House branded Lexmark printers, we set the goal to reach an average of 20% PCR weight of our total plastic usage by 2020. · For Lexmark cartridges, our goal is to reach 25% PCR content by 2020.

  • Pledge by: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG

    Pledger
    Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG
    Type of pledger
    Retailer
    OEM
    Market area
    Packaging

    Plastic materials:

    • PET
    Abstract of the summary
    The subject of Lidl’s pledge is the recycled content in our own-brand beverage packaging produced at our production company Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG (MEG). The bottles for the Lidl own brand beverages (“Saskia,” “Freeway”) already contain an average of approx. 60 percent recycled material. We continuously work to increase the recycled content rate in our PET bottles.

  • Pledge by: LIPOR - Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto, Portugal

    Pledger
    LIPOR - Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto, Portugal
    Type of pledger
    Regional or local authority
    Market area
    Other (Municipalities Association)

    Plastic materials:

    • Others: All plastic material
    Abstract of the summary
    Clearly advocating that waste is managed as a resource, LIPOR consolidates its position which is reflected by the creation of value along to the production cycle, characterized by the reintroduction of "waste" as "resource" in the value chain. Contributing to "A Vision for the Circular Economy of Plastics", LIPOR signed a commitment to the Single Use Plastics and Plastics Strategy.

  • Pledge by: MACPAC S.A.

    Pledger
    MACPAC S.A.
    Type of pledger
    Primary producer
    Market area
    Other

    Plastic materials:

    • PP
    • PS
    • PET
    Abstract of the summary
    WE INTEND TO increase our use of recycle content of the materials used up to this moment, for single-use plastics, as follows:
    From 1.316,924 kilos of RPET, to 2.600.000 RPET
    From 46.700 kilos of RPP, to 250.000 RPP
    From 88.989 kilos of RPS, to 200.000 RPS
     From total on 31/12/2017, 1.451.983 recycled material to total 31/12/2025, 3.050.000 recycled material

  • Pledge by: MAYANSI CIRCULAR PLASTICS

    Pledger
    MAYANSI CIRCULAR PLASTICS
    Type of pledger
    Converter,
    Technology provider
    Market area
    Building and Construction,
    Agriculture

    Plastic materials:

    • PET
    Abstract of the summary
    The objective of Mayansi is to improve the recycling process and the valorisation of plastic waste and transforming it into innovative products. For this, the company applies its own R&D to manufacture and market irrigation equipment and pipes made from recycled plastic (R-PET). It is a worldwide innovation.

  • Pledge by: Miele & Cie. KG

    Pledger
    Miele & Cie. KG
    Type of pledger
    Brand owner
    Market area
    Electrical and Electronic,
    Appliances

    Plastic materials:

    • PP
    • ABS
    Abstract of the summary
    Miele & Cie KG is pledging to use 5,000 – 7,500 tons of recycled plastics by 2025.

  • Pledge by: Neste

    Pledger
    Neste
    Type of pledger
    Recycler
    Market area
    Other

    Plastic materials:

    • LDPE
    • HDPE
    • PP
    • PS
    Abstract of the summary
    Neste has pledged to work towards chemical recycling of more than one million tons of plastic waste annually from 2030 onwards. We aim to use liquefied waste plastic as raw material to produce high-quality plastics, chemicals and fuels. Regulatory recognition of chemical recycling is needed to speed up development.

  • Pledge by: Nestlé S.A.

    Pledger
    Nestlé S.A.
    Type of pledger
    Brand owner,
    Other business association
    Market area
    Packaging

    Plastic materials:

    • LDPE
    • PET
    Abstract of the summary

    To enhance a Circular (plastic) Economy we pledge to increase the amount of recycled plastics we use in our food contact packaging.

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