Recycling is key to establishing a more sustainable production and consumption model. This is revealed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its report ‘Policy brief on making the most of the social economy’s contribution to the circular economy’, where it underlines the importance of recycling within…

Plastic is one of the key materials in today’s economy. Every year, around 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide, of which around 70 million tons originate in Europe. According to the United Nations (UN), only 14% is recycled, although in recent years much investment has been made at…

Plastic pollution is the main determinant in controlling the deterioration of ecosystems, according to a study by Nature. In other words, to ensure greater sustainability of the planet, it is key to promote plastic recycling, for example, promoting growth in the production of reusable PET containers, which will help reverse…

Although plastic recycling in Spain has made great progress in recent years, there is still much room for improvement in the future. In global terms, recycling of household plastics has already exceeded 600,000 tons per year in the country, which means that each inhabitant recycles around 13 kilos of plastic…

Europe has set as one of its major challenges the implementation of a Circular Economy strategy that is truly committed to sustainability. This means, among other milestones, implementing measures and aids to extend the useful life of materials such as plastic. The main document to underpin this initiative was presented…

Although it may seem that plastic has always been present in the economy, its origin dates back to the end of the 19th century, although it was not until the first decade of the 20th century that Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the first thermosetting plastic. Two decades later, the first…

At the end of September, the Ministry for Ecological Transition, and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) opened the draft Royal Decree on packaging and packaging waste for public information. This text aims to transpose the last of the pending Directives of the 2018 European Circular Economy package, applying the precepts of…