{"id":344,"date":"2019-01-05T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T07:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/produktpass-teppichboden.de\/ecra\/?p=344"},"modified":"2024-03-19T18:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:48:58","slug":"6-organizations-commit-to-eu-plastics-strategy-for-a-circular-economy-by-recycling-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecra.eu\/6-organizations-commit-to-eu-plastics-strategy-for-a-circular-economy-by-recycling-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Organizations Commit to EU Plastics Strategy for a Circular Economy by Recycling Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With these Voluntary Commitments, the signatories are advancing the plastics industry\u2019s role to a next level of engagement. Recognizing that this transformation will only take place through the implementation of real solutions that are sustained by regulatory support of the EU institutions, the plastics industry is committing itself to a basket of measures and initiatives.<\/p>\n

These Voluntary Commitments focus on the key areas of increasing the recycling rates of plastics, including resource efficiency. Furthermore, these commitments will address the main markets of the plastics industry as well as a significant proportion of the plastics waste streams.
\nHowever, supporting EU regulatory requirements are strongly needed to ensure all the objectives will be met. All stakeholders have a role to play in this major industry transformation process which will benefit both, society and the environment.<\/p>\n

The plastics industry will stimulate the further development of such polymer value chain initiatives and will continue to look for the best solutions to improve the quality of recycled materials ready to be reused in numerous applications. These measures will ensure the final goals of all commitments will be met at the latest in 2030 and that there is a clear vision for our objectives towards 2040.<\/p>\n

We, as the plastics industry, intend to work close together within polymer value chain initiatives to ensure technical solutions are found in closed and controlled loops or through innovations.<\/p>\n

We call upon the EU Commission to engage and stimulate designers, specifiers, brand owners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and architects to join the polymer specific platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Carpets are multilayer textile products with different end – use applications and therefore different product types which can roughly be split into three main groups: loose laid rugs, wall-to-wall floor coverings and non-flooring applications (e.g. automotive, outdoor sport fields and landscaping).
\nThe first group is typically for interior decoration and usually within a domestic environment, whereas the second, represents all textile floor coverings falling under the EU-Construction Products Regulation
\n(CPR). The industry sector, represented by ECRA (European Carpet and Rug Association)
\naccounts for 90% of EU\u2019s textile floor covering production.
\nFibres used within the carpet industry (approximately 79%) are mainly polymer based and, depending on the final application, will comprise layers of PP, PA-6 & PA-66 and some PET. The remaining 21% is usually wool, jute, cotton or other natural fibres.
\nAs part of it\u2019s journey towards a more circular economy, the sector has already undertaken serious steps to investigate the collection and sorting strategies for post-consumer carpet waste (PCCW) in different market segments. This is being done collectively or through individual EPR schemes.
\nCarpets, have historically been designed for longevity and in many instances the expectation is that a textile floor covering will last for at least 15 to 20 years. GUT (Gemeinschaft umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden e.V.), the EU carpet industry environmental programme was founded over 25 years ago in anticipation that the industry would need some guidance in the future.
\nInitially focusing on issues of IAQ (indoor air quality) and HSE (health, safety and environment) during production and the product \u2018in-use\u2019 , the sector quickly eliminated dangerous substances and additives, such as halogenated flame-retardants and heavy metals.
\nToday, due to these widely accepted environmental design concepts, even polymers in legacy products will not contribute to recyclate contamination.
\nAlthough collection, identification and separation are key technologies, a circular economy
\ncan only be realised when the polymers are made available for re-use at the end of a carpets\u2019 useful life. Therefore, the cooperation and information exchange between the carpet sector, polymer producers as well as polymer processors, is of great importance.<\/p>\n