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Plastics

  • Classification of plastic waste in the context of transboundary shipments

    Guidance document, Last updated: 15 January 2021

  • European Plastics Strategy

    The European Strategy for Plastics published by the European Commission is an essential part of the European Union’s Circular Economy Package.

  • Plastic bags and single use plastics

    The ban of plastic bags, plates, drinking straws and other throw-away products made of plastics has been fixed.

  • Packages of plastic bottles for recycling

    Plastic waste in Austria

    To meet the ambitious recycling targets and requirements set out in the EU’s Circular Economy Package and to prepare for the implementation of the EU Plastics Strategy, the Federal Ministry invests in innovative research work and studies on plastics. Efforts focus on a quantitative survey of the plastic waste accruing in Austria and on an inventory of established recycling technologies. For this purpose the Federal Ministr commissioned two studies which will be outlined below.

  • What can each of us do?

    It is very simple to do without certain plastic products, in particular without single-use products. In doing so, each of us can make a valuable contribution to a clean Environment.

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