Use in both markets

Plastics recycled in new markets such as in today's markets will be used. Given that the waste management system should ensure greater stability in the prices of the starting material, selected to be recycled, as a prerequisite, this will allow better development and consolidation of the current applications that involved the recycled material. In addition, the conditions to be created at the international level shall foster the development of new applications and markets, currently already emerging.

Recycled plastics needed standardization of features and possibilities of application, in order to achieve a sufficient quality for the applications to which they are intended.

By initiative of the industry (recyclers, CEP, etc.), was transmitted to Aenor the desirability of standardizing the basic thermoplastic materials and develop relevant standards UNE.

At the same time, the European Centre for Standardisation (CEN) has created the mandate M200 on which a number of technical committees at European level are preparing a package of regulations for recycled materials have been created. AENOR follows these directives in their CTN-147 and CTN-53.

José Prujá Monsó
Chairman of the Committee of environment and second Vice-President of the Spanish plastics Centre (CEP)