Infographic about the current sitiation of Plastics in the Circular Economy in the Netherlands (2015)

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Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities (2009)
2
Plastics – the Facts 2014/2015 - Plastics Europe (2015)
3
Treatment of post-consumer plastics waste 2012 (EU-27 + CH/NO) - Consultic (2013)
4
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Kunststofrecycling in Nederland Van 42% in 2012 naar 52% in 2017 - Plastic Heroes (2015)
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http://www.wecycle.nl/
http://www.arn.nl/
http://www.plasticheroes.nl/
www.okcompost.be/nl/ken-alle-ok-milieu-logos/ok-biobased/
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Plastic Heroes
ARN
Wecycle
BIS
VKG
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Plastic products are of great value to society. Plastics have put in motion many positive developments and facilitate safety,
health, comfort, food and welfare. Most plastics are made from fossil fuels such as oil. Plastic products or plastic packaging are
often incinerated (with energy recovery). This is a linear economic model. In a circular economy plastics and plastic products
maintain their value by re-using, repairing and eventually recycling. The basic principle is that products and materials are
specifically designed for this purpose.
The illustration below shows the current situation of plastics in the circular economy in the Netherlands.
PLASTICS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
BIOBASED
Currently less than 1% of the
plastics are procused from
renewable feedstock5
.
ENERGY
3 to 4% of all extracted oil in the world is used as
energy to produce plastics1
.
Sustainable energy sources could be used in order to
reduce environmental impact.
PRODUCTION OF PLASTICS2
12.1% 10.4% 18.9% 7.1% 27.1%
PLASTIC HEROES
Nearly 50% of plastic packaging
waste offered for re-use is household
packaging waste. This is mainly
collected with the Plastic Heroes
collection system (2013)4
.
PLASTIC LITTER
As a result of abuse, poor logistics and misuse
there still is created a lot of plastic litter. This
partly ends up in the soil, but a lot of plastic is
also accumulated in the gyres in the ocean.
PLASTIC COLLECTION
Many sectors have their own (plastic) waste
collection organizations. There is Wecycle
for electronic devices and lamps, ARN for
vehicles, VKG for window frames and there
are several private collection systems.
12.1%
DEPOSIT BOTTLES
49.1%
HOUSEHOLD
PACKAGING
38.8%
INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING
214kton
plasticpackagingwaste
offeredforre-use(2013)4
.
biobased
66%
of the collected plastics are not yet
re-used as raw material for new
plastics. The majority is used for
energy recovery. A small percentage
is still landfilled2
.
Both mechanical
and chemical recycling
offer opportunities to use
plastics as raw material
for new plastic products.
34%
of the collected plastics
are recycled or exported
to be recycled2
.
FOSSIL RAW MATERIALS
The vast majority of plastic products or components
are derived from fossil raw materials.
Approximately 4 to 5% of all oil and gas production
in the world is used as raw material for plastics and
synthetic rubber1
.
Chemicalrecycling
Mechanicalrecycling
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yrecovery
A small part of the plastics is
processed by means of
composting or fermentation.
Household
appliances
Sport and leisure
Safety
Furniture
Medical
21.6%
OTHER
8.1%
CONSTRUCTION
4.0%
AUTOMOTIVE
4.8%
AGRICULTURE
6.1%
ELECTRONIC &
ELECTRICAL
55.4%3
PACKAGING
In the Netherlands
463kton of plastic
packaging has been
introduced. This is more
than 27 kilo per capita
(2013)4
.
PLASTICS
IN THE
CIRCULAR
ECONOMY
PRODUCTION
COLLECTION
USE
PROCESSING