EuRIC - EuRIC - Advocating Recycling in Europe

EuRIC in a nutshell

Our business: Turning waste into new resources

EuRIC is the Confederation representing the interests of the European recycling industries. EuRIC brings together European and National recycling Associations from more than 19 EU and EFTA countries.

Our objective: Advocating recycling in Europe

The role of recycling is of paramount importance for the European economy, the environment and society. Recycling activities provide much needed jobs and investment while minimising environmental impacts. EuRIC advocates a smart regulatory framework fostering recycling across Europe and the competitiveness of the recycling industry.

Our Members represents on a European level:

5,500 companies, including large companies and a vast number of SMEs, involved in the recycling and trade of various material streams and are thus key players in a circular economy;
More than 300,000 local jobs which cannot be outsourced outside Europe;
Million tonnes of a variety of materials recycled per year (metals, paper, plastics, glass and beyond);
An aggregated annual turnover of about 95 billion Euros.

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Latest position papers

Press release: EuRIC signs the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) Declaration

Today, on 20 September 2019, EuRIC has co-signed the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) Declaration during the High-level event organized by the European Commission. For EuRIC, the CPA perfectly embodies the value chain approach needed to achieve the ...

ERPA Statement on the critical situation faced by the European paper recycling sector

ERPA, the recovered paper branch of the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), is concerned about the developments on the global recovered paper market which negatively impacts paper recycling in Europe.

EuRIC Position Paper on essential requirements for packaging (With recommendations relevant to the modulation of fees paid to EPR Systems)

Manufacturers and retailers of consumer packaging have a crucial part to play towards enabling an efficient materials recycling system operating at the desired future high levels of output and quality. The availability of recycled materials for use ...

EuRIC Statement on issues stemming from the lack of capacity for ultimate residual waste

EuRIC has been informed by multiple recycling operators active in different parts of Europe of strong difficulties in finding outlets for ultimate residual waste treatment and disposal stemming from recycling processes of different industrial and co ...