As part of its post-COVID recovery plan the European Union has created a new contribution for member states, based on the amount of packaging plastics not recycled, to encourage recycling. This contribution is payable by states and can be deferred as a tax, which shows how important it is that agricultural plastics are not considered as packaging. A plastic tax on agriculture would penalise agricultural production, even though members states have the option of not […]
In the frame of the revision of EU legislation on waste and recycling, APE Europe recall the specific situation of plastics with agronomic effect used in agriculture. Considering their role in agricultural production and the specific end-of-life management system they have, they should be considered as non-packaging products.Download
Intervention of Peka Pesonen, General Secretary of COPA-COGECA, the European farmers and cooperatives associations, during the General Assembly of the Circular Plastic Alliance.
EuCertPlast welcomes Petcore Europe, VinylPlus and APE Europe as Regular Members. Their membership marks an additional effort to ensure quality management systems in plastic recycling.“Collaboration is key in ensuring the revamping of the plastic waste management systems, and it is for that reason that we are glad to join a well-reputed certification scheme such as EuCertPlast”, said Christian Crépet, the Executive Director of Petcore Europe.“Trust in the quality of plastic recycling processes is a must […]
Christiane Lambert, president of the french farmer union, FNSEA, is the new president of COPA, the european farmer union federation in Brussels.In the 2020 edition of Plasticulture Magazine, Christiane Lambert support strongly our model of national collection schemes. (The circular economy is at rhe heart of agricultural activity” P65. Christiane said:” as a farmer, I can tell you than we are very happy to have recycling systems for used plastics…”).This support is be very important […]
le CPA rappelle que les paillages biodégradables sont bien autorisés en agriculture biologiqueLe 11 juillet 2019 le Comité français des Plastiques en Agriculture était alerté du retrait des paillages biodégradables comme intrant de l’agriculture biologique selon la dernière mise à jour du Guide de Lecture de l’Agriculture Biologique...Pour en savoir +
The COVID 19 epidemic affects a large number of people and can affect our loved ones, those around us, our employees and customers. In our view, it is essential to comply with the instructions given to us, in order to slow the spread of the virus, limit the number of people infected and, consequently, the mobilization of nursing staff who show so much courage and selflessness to fulfil its mission. We are very grateful to […]
- In France, the FNSEA, Adivalor, and plasticulture were very present in the preparation of the law "Fight against waste and the circular economy". This mobilization made it possible to raise awareness among public authorities and parliamentarians on the merits of the French device for managing the end of life of plastics. Our model was recognized and preserved in the law published in the official journal on February 11.- The biodegradable film is once again […]
The difficult political situation of last fall in Chile had prompted CIDAPA to postpone the holding of its congress in Conception in 2020. The COVID 19 health crisis requires to postpone this important event for plasticulture in Latin America.Likewise, given the situation, the CIPA congress, originally scheduled for Beijing in 2021, was postponed to 2024Consequently, it is planned to hold the congresses of CIDAPA and CIPA, at the same time in 2021 in Conception, Chile.
The Knowledge Transfer NetworkTuesday, 17 March 2020 from 08:00to 11:15 (GMT)Peterborough, United KingdomThe speakers will focus on the agriculture sector, highlighting the environmental effects and discussing solutions to reduce single use plastics, for example, silage wrap, silage sheets, bale net, bale twine, mulch film, greenhouse film, tunnel film, food packaging and labelling.Agenda8:00am: Registration, Breakfast, Networking8:30am: The Circular Peterborough Initiative – Trevor Gibson, Project Lead8:45am: “Working sustainably with plastics: innovations and funding opportunities supported by government”, […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak used today’s (11 March) Budget to announce that the tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content will come into force in April 2022, and will be set at £200 a tonne.In the first Budget to be delivered by Boris Johnson’s majority government, Mr Sunak said the move would help tackle the “scourge” of plastics pollution and boost the use of recycle plastics by 40%.Elsewhere, the Treasury announced £700,000 to […]
Versión en español MAPLA is born, the new Association of producers of plastics for agriculture that will organize a national system of management of agricultural plastic waste to boost its recyclingMadrid/Paris 2020, February 10thThe new association MAPLA (Environment Agriculture and Plastics), has as main purpose to organize and finance the new system model to manage the non-packaging agricultural plastic waste. Promoved by ANAIP, CICLOPLAST and APE EUROPE, founding members, MAPLA was established last Thursday, February […]
