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our recycled plastics to where they’re
needed, where new products are
made, and that’s China.
‘Don’t get me wrong, we do advocate
recycling within Europe. But at the
same time we advocate free trade of
recycled materials.
‘Our relationship and understanding
with carmaker Renault, one of our cus-
tomers, goes back a long time. I
remember some 25 years ago very
few OEMs were interested in recycled
polymers but Renault was.
‘At Galloo, we’ve been working on
improving separation and the quality
of polymers for 40 years. Today we
make the cleanest plastics possible.
Because regulators force us and
because customers demand it. But
now something incredible has hap-
pened: Renault wants more of a dirty
looking plastic pellet to make the
interior of a new model less shiny and
to look more rugged.’
PRANSHU SINGHAL, CIRCULAR
ECONOMY ADVISOR AT KARO
SAMBHAV.
‘In India, too, the circular economy is
coming to the boil, thanks to extend-
ed producer responsibility schemes
introduced some six years ago. Before
that collecting and processing was
done at the lowest possible cost. Now
it’s more formalised with 30% recycled
content in packaging, a good driver.
‘For good circularity you need proper
collection, knowledge of what hap-
pens with the materials – and you’d
want some money back.’
TIMM LUX, ASSOCIATE DIREC-
TOR AT BOSTON CONSULTING
GROUP (BCG).
‘The circular economy is hot and
unstoppable. We’re having more and
more clients knocking at the door
begging “please help us to become
more circular”.
‘Not so long ago my family had no
idea what my job was. Now, they think
“cool, he’s working in recycling.”
‘We are currently working on a project
where we connect a big OEM with a
recycler to see how they can help
each other develop better under-
standing and better circularity. They
had never done that before. What we
learn from this is that connection is
crucial to get true circularity.’
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES
IERC2023 also witnessed an interesting presentation
by Nigel Mattravers, who works for Alba Integrated
Waste Solutions (Hong Kong), shining a light on
e-scrap collection programmes in Hong Kong and
Singapore.
Singapore and Hong Kong are similar ‘city states’ in
that they are densely populated, their citizens have
high purchasing power, and they have adopted a ‘high
tech’ way of life.
‘Both cities recognised their responsibilities in managing
their e-waste and both adopted the producer responsibil-
ity scheme approach which basically says suppliers of
e-waste should pay for post-consumer management,’ said
Mattravers. ‘Both cities implemented comprehensive leg-
islation to control the management of the e-waste creat-
ed by their respective populations and businesses.’
Hong Kong recognised that there was an insufficient
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