OPERATING SCHEMES
Country: France
Name: APE (Agriculture, Plastiques & Environement)
Date of creation: 2009
Partners of the scheme: FNSEA, FNA, Coop de France, Adivalor
Volume covered by the scheme: 83.000 tons
Products under scheme: Vegetable and animal production films, twines, nets, anti-hail nets, flexible irrigation pipes
Collecting rate: 61 % (2018)
Recycling rate: 100 % (2018)
Next steps: Extension to more products such as mulch, non-woven, twines, nets…
Website: http://www.plastiques-agricoles.com/agriculture-plastique-et-environnement-ape-commission-ape/
Country: Germany
Name: ERDE
Date of creation: 2013
Partners of the scheme: Ik (Plastic industry association), APE Europe, DRV (German Cooperatives’ Association), BVA (German Agricultural Trading Association)
Volume covered by the scheme: 30.000 t
Products under scheme: films for breeding
Collecting rate: 25 % (2018)
Recycling rate: 100 % (2018)
Next steps: Extension to more products such as mulch, non-woven, twines, nets…
Website: www.erde-recycling.de
Country: Norvege
Name: Grønt Punkt Norge
Date of creation: 1997
Partners of the scheme: Plastertur, representing the plastic industry and five other companies for metal, paper, glass, fibber and newspapers
Volume covered by the scheme: 12 844 tons
Products under scheme: All agricultural plastics
Collecting rate: 17 866 t / 83,5 % (2018)
Recycling rate: 100 % (2018)
Website: www.grontpunkt.no/english/
Country: Ireland
Name: Irish Farm Film Producers Group (IFFPG)
Date of creation: 2001
Partners of the scheme: established by law
Volume covered by the scheme: 28.000 t
Products under scheme: films for breeding
Collecting rate: 70 % (2017)
Recycling rate: 80 % (2017)
Website: www.farmplastics.ie
Country: Spain
Name: MAPLA
Partners of the scheme: ANAIP, Cicloplast,
Provisional launching date: 2020
Volume to be covered by the scheme: 100.000 t
Products under investigation: films for horticulture
Collecting rate expected: 50% (2022)
Recycling rate expected: 80 % (2022)
Already achieved: consensus among all actors
Next steps: creation of the managing and operating bodies
Website: https://plasticosagricolas.es
Country: United Kingdom
Name: APE UK
Partners of the scheme: APE Europe
Provisional launching date: end of 2019
Volume to be covered by the scheme: 50.000 t
Products under investigation: films, twines and nets for horticulture and breeding
Collecting rate expected: 50% (2022)
Recycling rate expected: 90 % (2022)
Already achieved: consensus among all actors, letters of intentions signed, contracts established
Next steps: creation of the managing and operating bodies
Website: https://ape-uk.com/
