Alexandre Dangis EuPC European Plastic Converters

32 Pages·2007·2.55 MB·English

LABELLING AGRICULTURAL PLASTIC WASTE FOR VALORISING THE
WASTE STREAM
Alexandre Dangis
( )
EuPC European Plastic Converters
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Workprogramme EuPF AGRI TWG
– Prepare input for EU Commission Labelagriwaste project
• Recommendations for legal requirements to EU Commission
– Stimulate local/regional collection systems of plastics
agricultural waste
– Define input specifications together with PE films recyclers
by working with EuPR Film group
– Maximum 2 meetings/ year
– Participation limited to EU AGRI film producers &
recyclers
• Duration 36 months
• Industry leader: spanish company tbc
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Participants - consortium
IAG's: Industrial Associations/Groupings
Partic. Participant name Participant short Country
no. name
EUROPEAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
14 EUPC B
ASSOCIATION
EUROPEAN PLASTICS RECYCLERS
2 EUPR B
ASSOCIATION
3 CICLOPLAST CICLOPLAST E
PANHELLENIC CONFEDERATION OF UNIONS OF
4 PASEGES EL
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
CONFAGRI-
5 CONFAGRICOLTURA I
COLTURA
FEDERATION LANGUEDOCIENNE DE LA
6 FLCFL F
COOPERATION DES FRUITS ET LEGUMES
7 PANAGROTIKOS SYNDESMOS CYPRUS PANAGROTIKOS CY
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Participants and consortium
SMES Group
Partic. Participant name Participant Country
no. short name
8 ALFA EDILE R.R.L. ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT ALFAEDILE I
INDUSTRIAL SEVILLANA RECICLAJE DE
9 INSERPLASA E
PLASTICOS S.I.
10 PATI PATI I
11 SUOMEN UUSIOMUOVI OY SUOMEN FI
POLYECO S.A. MANAGEMENT AND
12 POLYECO EL
VALORIZATION OF WASTE INDUSTRY
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Participants and consortium
RTD Performers
Partic. Participant name Participant Country
no. short name
1 AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS AUA EL
CENTRE NATIONAL DU MECHANISME
15 AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET CEMAGREF F
DES FORETS
16 FUNDACION GAIKER GAIKER E
17 UNIVERSITY OF BARI PROGESA DEPARTMENT UNIBA I
18 UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART USTUTT D
19 TITAN CEMENT SA TITAN EL
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Agricultural plastics
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Agricultural plastic wastes
Today:
• A large portion of agricultural films are left on the field or
burnt uncontrollably by the farmers releasing harmful
substances with the associated negative consequences to
the environment.
• Aesthetic pollution and landscape degradation of regions
of natural beauty. South Europe… only?
• Safety of the food produced in such fields?
IMAGE ISSUE FOR PLASTICS
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LABELAGRIWASTE: Objectives
(1)
• Develop standardised procedures and
integrated methodologies to label the
agricultural plastic waste streams in
order to facilitate their routing to the best
alternative processing and final disposal:
(cid:1)
most environmental friendly and
economically valuable and technically
feasible solution
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LABELAGRIWASTE: Objectives
(2)
• Transforming used agricultural plastics into a
commodity that can be transported across boundaries,
traded in the open market and routed to the best
alternative processing and disposal.
• Developing a systematic labelling scheme and
policy recommendations for the appropriate
disposal and/or utilisation of the agricultural plastic
wastes. This will support relevant standardisation CEN
and/or other legislation activities for cleaner
environment and economy of natural resources.
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LABELAGRIWASTE: Objectives
(3)
• Developing farming practices that will improve
the quality of the waste
• Maximizing the range of the specs a waste
stream should meet to qualify for a processing/
disposal option.
• 5 Work Packages have been set up by the consortium
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