Creating a Circular Economy
CEFLEX is a collaborative initiative representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging
The CEFLEX ‘Mission Circular’
The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) initiative is a collaboration of over 180 European companies, associations and organisations representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging. Together, we work to make all flexible packaging in Europe circular.
CEFLEX’s ‘Mission Circular’ commits to collection of all flexible packaging and over 80% of the recycled materials channelled into valuable new markets and applications to substitute virgin materials
A 5-step roadmap to build a circular economy for flexible packaging has been endorsed by CEFLEX stakeholders, together with a set of actions needed by each part of the value chain to make it happen.
We target an established collection, sorting and reprocessing infrastructure and economy for post-consumer flexible packaging across Europe. It will be based on end-of-life technologies and processes which deliver the best economic, technical and environmental outcome for a circular economy.
CEFLEX News & Events
When the rubber hits the road: Delivering circularity and legislation for flexible packaging across Europe
In early June, CEFLEX stakeholders and partners met in Warsaw, Poland to mark a pivotal moment in the drive to deliver a circular economy for flexible packaging – and new maturity in our shift to implementation at national and regional level.
State-run PROs continue to raise concern for circular economy progress
As the EU advances its new Circular Economy Act, concern is mounting over the increasing acceptance of state-run Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) in EU legislation. CEFLEX recently joined a wide coalition of more than 50 associations – coordinated by EUROPEN – in calling on EU policymakers to explicitly prohibit state-run PROs and uphold the core principles of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
New Recycling Technologies to Unlock Circularity in Flexible Packaging – New Report Highlights Enablers of High-Quality Recyclates
The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) initiative has conducted an assessment of five promising recycling technology classses – and how they can work in combination to add value to different feedstocks. The insights are intended to help meet the need for higher-quality recyclates, expand end-market applications, and even improve recycling rates.