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ВЯ Ref. Ares(2018)2143444 - 23/04/2018 
Ref. Ares(2018)2349006 - 03/05/2018
 
 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT 
Directorate B - Circular Economy & Green Growth 
Unit B1 - Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption 
Brussels, Ares 
(2018) 
NOTE TO THE FILE 
Subject: 
CEO Breakfast prior to Stakeholder Conference: ‘Reinventing 
Plastics — Closing the Circle’ — 26-09-2018 
Some recommendations from the CEO breakfast: 

Need regulation; market itself cannot do it if we want recyclability and recycling; 

Need to create a market for recyclates - especially in context of the China Ban on imports on 
recycled materials which will enter into force in 2018; 

Public procurement should include obligation to buy products with recyclates; 

It was proposed: a minimum mandatory quota for incorporation of recyclates (California 
20%); 

The sector needs economic incentives such as lower VAT for recyclates; 

Need for coon quality standards for recyclates; 

Ecodesign legislation should play a more decisive role; 

Landfill ban for plastics would be necessary and has been proven that countries that apply this 
ban have the highest recycling rate; 

The landfill ban should go together with the increase of taxes for incineration 

The use of some colours, pigments and additives needs to be restricted if we want recycling - 
reducing the quality and limiting recyclability; since there are alternatives, possible to limit; 

EU packaging and packaging waste directive is very important; 

Post-consumer use plastics and food contact - EU policy and EFSA enforcement - currently 
no EU regulation that would allow recyclates to be used if food contact; this should be 
changed and USA FDA could be taken as an example; 

Also traceability is key if we want to get recycling right; 

Funding for innovation highly important. 
Werner Bosmans 
Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: