18 Jun 2020 --- Could converting fossil plastics to fuels be part of the solution to the plastic industry’s environmental and waste management issues? Not according to Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) and the Rethink Plastic Alliance, who have warned ahead of today’s EU stakeholder meeting on the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) that fuels derived from fossil waste will never be low-carbon and are therefore at odds with efforts to bring Europe’s carbon footprint to zero. ZWE also stresses that converting plastic waste-to-fuel could disincentivize the development of packaging that is recyclable by design and redirect existing recyclable plastics from mechanical recycling facilities.
