Used agriplastics management in the media
How to deal with farmers’ love of plasticSheeting, twine and packaging are beneficial, but not if used only oncePolytunnels divide opinion. For some, these long, plastic-sheeted structures that are used to grow crops blight the landscape. Others say they enable…
Thierry, Farmer of Today shares his experience of recycling on the farm
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Adivalor and an intervention at the Economic and Social Council of the European Union of COPA COGECA (the European association of farmers and their cooperatives), Thierry Bailliet testified to his experience of…
Memorandum of Understanding between Polieco and APE Europe
APE Europe and Polieco - the Italian consortium in charge of the management of used polyethylene products - signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Polieco International Forum in Naples on Friday 8 October 2021. The Memorandum foresees an enhanced…
Printing of the European Plasticulture Strategy
The European Plasticulture Strategy, unanimously adopted by the members of APE Europe on 2 December 2020, and supported by COPA-COGECA, the European association of farmers and cooperatives, as well as by the plastics industry, has become the reference in our…
The European Union’s plastic resources: a new plastic tax?
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…