
Who we are
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) is an organisation representing the voice of the European plastics recyclers who reprocess plastic waste into high-quality material destined for the production of new articles. Recyclers are important facilitators of the circularity of plastics and the transition towards the circular economy.
Plastics recycling in Europe is a rapidly growing industry representing over €8.7 billion in turnover, 11.3 million tonnes of installed recycling capacity, more than 730 recycling facilities and over 30.000 employees.
730 RECYCLING
FACILITIES
11.3 MILLION TONNES
INSTALLED CAPACITY
€8.7 BILLION
TURNOVER
30,000
EMPLOYEES
WHAT DO WE
STAND FOR
- Advancing circularity of plastics through
increased quality plastics recycling & use
of recycled materials in high-end products - Improving recyclability of plastic products
- Harmonising of the recycling standards &
practices across Europe - Genuine transition towards the circular
economy
MAKING
PLASTICS
CIRCULAR
Management Committee
Representatives are elected by the PRE General Assembly.

Ton
PresidentCeDo Recycling BV
Casper
van den Dungen
Vice PresidentPoly Recycling AG
Jim Armstrong
The Shabra Group
Maribel Cansell
Tecni Plasper
Tom Caris
Coolrec Plastics
David Eslava
Eslavas Plasticos S.A.
Hans-Jürgen Berenbruch
Politex S.a.s. di Freudenberg Politex Srl
Sebastian Petithuguenin
Paprec Group
Herbert Snell
Veolia
Paolo Glerean
Aliplast S.P.A.
Rune Thoralfsson
Norfolier GreenTec AS
Andreas Witschnigg
PreZero Group
WORKING
GROUPS
7 Working Groups and 6 Taskforces represent the interests of different industry segments while coordinating activities and general objectives of PRE.
Working Groups look for solutions that can help advance recycling and promote the best practices while ultimately seeking to increase quality collection, sorting, recycling and increased use of recycled plastic in Europe.
STAKEHOLDERS
COLLABORATIONS
The involvement of the entire value chain is key in advancing plastics circularity. With that in mind, PRE collaborates with important industry players.

Making Plastics Circular
PRE works toward making plastic circular via a holistic approach.