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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 o�en 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
BIOBASEDCurrently 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 HEROESNearly 50% of plastic packaging waste o�ered 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 COLLECTIONMany 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%
HOUSEHOLDPACKAGING
38.8%
INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING214 kton
plastic packaging w
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o�ered for r
e-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
o�er 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 MATERIALSThe 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.
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A small part of the plastics is processed by means of
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Household appliances
Sport and leisureSafety
FurnitureMedical
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.
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