APE Europe missions, objectives, AEI & EC

APE Europe missions, objectives, Intensive Ecological Agriculture & Circular Economy

APE Europe clearly aims at a cleaner environment, higher crop productivity and supplementary jobs everywhere in Europe.

APE Europe missions: 2 missions & 1 focus

APE Europe: a contribution for a cleaner and safer environment with a sustainable agrigultural production.

APE Europe is focused on:

  • The promoting technically the use of agri-plastic in Europe on a sustainable way
  • The creating of favourable condition for the implementation of National Collection Scheme throughout Europe

Those missions mean an ambitious target : at the end of this decade, to collect and recycle around 70 % of used non-packaging agricultural plastics in Europe.

The target will be to collect and recycle around 70 % of used agricultural plastics all across Europe.

APE Europe missions:development, best-practices, standards

Plastic & agriculture: alliance for nature

APE Europe missions. Secure, clean, efficient and recyclable, agricultural plastics are an auxiliary for the farmer, the grower and their natural environment: Agri-plastics improve the yield, reduce inputs, protect the soil and, when collected, are recyclable: used agri-plastics are a resource Europe.

APE Europe supports all action to:

• Develop the use of non-packaging agri-plastics applications in Europe
• Inform farmers and the public on the various advantages of agri-plastics
• Share and disseminate technical, scientific experience and good practices
• Support R&D projects for a sustainable agriculture in Europe through agri-plastics
• Develop products’ eco-conception
APE Europe supports the development and implementation of National Collection Schemes (NCS) for the used agri-plastics waste in each country.


APE Europe missions:
therefore, APE Europe provides the market with:

• An evaluation of the existing local schemes
• A technical and scientific support
• A monitoring and management tool for National Collection Schemes
• R&D support for better recovery and recycling

Safeguarding crops

An efficient and cleaner farm in Europe

Promoting agricultural plastics solutions and NCS for used plastic products are the two faces of the same goal: safeguarding European crops.

Agri-plastic:

 • Increase crops quantities & qualities
 • Protect production
By reducing the consumption of water, pesticides and fertilizers, agri-plastics are a real ally for the farmer and the environment. When collected, agri-plastics are fully recyclable.
APE Europe supports the development and implementation of National Collection Schemes to provide farmers and growers with solutions for their agri-plastics waste management.

Safeguarding crops

APE Europe considers agri-plastics wastes recovery as a priority to:

  • Deliver expected solutions to farmers and growers
  • Avoid plastic waste dispersion
  • Reduce damages to the environment
  • Give a better image to the agri-plastic industry

    Recovering agri-plastics waste is a win-win policy for industry and farmers

Collected, agri-plastics are a resource for recycling:

  • Recycled and turned into new plastic products
  • A primacy resource for Europe
  • Sustain European recycling capacities and jobs expansion


With European collecting rate of 31%, APE Europe is dedicated to raise it to 70%within 10 years by:

  • Encouraging the implementation of new NCS all over Europe
  • Diffusing good practice and technical knowledge
  • Issuing recommendation to local industry and public authorities
  • Encouraging R&D

Promote recyclingA need for a better recycling rate in Europe

The European Commission issued in 2013 the consultation “Green Paper”, about plastic waste management.

The Green Paper is part of the global revision of waste regulation, which completed in 2014 and contribute to a more efficient and sustainable development by:

          • Reducing imports of raw material
          • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
          • Creating jobs

Among the different topics recommended by the Green Paper, APE Europe welcomes:

         • Improved recycling and energy recovery
         • Banning landfill
         • Plastic waste as a resource
         • Development of recycling in Europe
         • Encouraging eco-conception

APE Europe shares the same strategic guideline by promoting implementation of National Collection Schemes (NCS) all over Europe, based on the Extended Producer Responsibility, as a shared responsibility among economic partners: farmers, distributors and producers. APE Europe is in favour of voluntary commitment bringing more efficiency in terms of results (quantities and costs)
NCS means: better collecting rate, higher volumes, regular amounts, higher qualities, reduced CO2
To learn more about the Green Paper: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/consultations/plastic_waste_en.htm