Media review February 2024

Circular Plastics NL maintains a news overview. Below is this month's selection of mainstream media coverage on plastics and circularity.

For more depth and knowledge, the CPNL knowledge desk is available online which includes studies, background information, reports, presentations on plastics.

• Queen Máxima pays working visit to brand new recycling line Renewi - Recycling Magazine

• Noses in the same direction: the future is green, healthy and circular - VNCI

• 2 plastics specialists nominated for Prince Friso Engineer Prize 2024 - Plastics and Rubber

• Does plastic separation still make sense if recyclers have to compete with cheaper new plastic? - A Today

• The quest for green chemistry: 'Not everything that works in a lab can be done on a large scale' - FD

• Plastics industry sounds alarm-FD

• Durable plastic admixture requirement is killing plastic processors - ABN AMRO

• Despite measures, amount of discarded plastic incinerated rises - Nu.nl
• NTCP explores expansion opportunities with CPNL 

• 87 million euros in uncollected plastic bottle deposit by 2022 - Nos.nl

• Race against the clock for last billion Growth Fund - FD

• Unique Living Lab for Circular Plastics - Plastics Magazine
• Chamber denounces lack of transparency Waste Fund- WasteOnline
• Industry producers less negative in January - Plastics Magazine

• 5 million grant for upscaling chemical recycling technology Itero Chemelot - Industrielinqs

• Extract plastic from cotton and anything can be made from it again - DVHN
• Municipalities want to get rid of waste fund - NPO radio 1
• Will this new, sturdy AND biodegradable plastic revolutionize things? - ChangeInc
• All hands on deck - Recyclepro
• What We Can Learn From Renewcell's Financial Struggles - Forbes
• European Parliament approves strict export rules for plastic waste outside EUNRK
• Data implies LCAs could underestimate CO2 emissions from fossil-based plastics - Packaging Europe 

• Cabinet wants to help ailing plastic recyclers, but will it subsidize? - Change Inc.