BKV Brochures
BKV GmbH is the think tank of the German plastics industry on issues of resource efficiency and plastics recycling. The 2020/2021 report provides an overview of the project work and describes the results of current studies, which are commented on and classified by external experts.
A PDF in English for download can be found here:
2 MB, PDF
BKV GmbH is a competence centre that provides the German plastics industry with facts and figures on resource efficiency and plastics recycling for business decisions and political work. Report 2019/2020 provides an overview of the current topics on which the BKV has results and what it is currently working on.
You can browse the report online in English. You will find a corresponding version at the beginning of this page.
A PDF in English for download can be found here:
2 MB, PDF
BKV GmbH - the competence centre of the plastics industry: The Report 2018/2019 shows in a condensed and clear form to what extent the BKV provides the plastics industry with data and facts for its decisions on resource efficiency and plastics recycling.
If you would like a print version of the report, simply use the order form free of charge.
A PDF in English for download can be found here:
1,5 MB, PDF
"25 years BKV” - The report 2017/2018 takes up the anniversary and connects the historical development of BKV with the latest challenges, which become clear in the articles about the main area of focus of BKV project work.
You can download the latest report in English as PDF free of charge:
4,7 MB, PDF
The report provides information about the main subjects within the project work of the BKV.
Click here for a download of the current report in English:
3,2 MB, PDF
Product stewardship made visible - Interviews and reports on BKV's project work. The current report in English is available here for downloading.
0,6 MB, PDF
-only available in German-
The BKV compiles data and facts about resource efficiency and End-of-life of plastics. In the report 2014/2015 statements and interviews about the project work of BKV are found.
0,7 MB, PDF
-only available in German-
Subjects in the report on the activities in 2013/2014 are the strategical reorganisation process as well as the project work of BKV.
BKV-Tätigkeitsbericht 2013/2014
2,3 MB, PDF
The competence center of the plastics industry is restructuring its activities regarding product steward ship with respect to waste. What changed and what are the current main areas of focus can be found in the new Report 2012/2013.
BKV Activity Report 2012/2013
2,3 MB, PDF
-only available in German-
Which are the tasks of BKV, which her current main projects? The report on the activities in 2011/2012 provides with information.
BKV Report 2011/2012
2,3 MB, PDF
On the Sustainability of Plastic Packagings: In slightly understandable examples the brochure makes clear how plastic packaging contributes in a special way to the sustainability.
2,7 MB, PDF
From Manufacture to Recovery: The brochure of BKV GmbH offers comprehensive information about the resource efficiency of the material plastic and describes how plastic waste becomes raw materials. The saving and avoidance effects of CO2 are pointed out on all steps of the value chain, from manufacture to recovery.
Others
What does the European Commission's Action Plan say? What is intended by the Green Deal and, above all, where in the action plan are plastics affected? The 12-page summary of the BKV provides a good overview of what is to come from Brussels for the plastics industry. (Status: 11.03.2020)
EU Green Deal: New Circular Economy Action Plan
PDF, 0,6 MB
-only available in German-
The specialist book "Kunststoff Recycling in Produkten" gives a comprehensive insight into products from plastic waste streams. At the same time it is an impressive report about the achievements of the plastic recycling industry in the last 20 years.
The focus is on plastics from the yellow bag. It shows not only a huge number of products which are produced of former plastic sales packaging, but also shows clearly how recycling works. About 400 photos illustrate the respective source groups, the different intermediate stages as well as the final products.
Dr. Stefan Bosewitz, Kunststoff Recycling in Produkten, VGE Verlag GmbH, Essen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86797-152-2
(1st edition, German institute for Standardization A 5, 4-coloured, about 400 photos)
Reference manual for an appropriate implementation of the REACH requirements for the operators of recycling plants.
The European Regulation 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) interfaces with waste legislation at various points, but forms a freestanding, demarcated legislative domain: came into effect on 1 June 2007.
This reference manual is intended to describe the most important aspects and regulations for plastic recyclers, and provide the reader with guidance on how successful REACH implementation can be carried out in one’s own organisation.
www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/reach-kunststoffrecycling
A European Overview
This report provides a European overview of plastics production, conversion into parts and products, waste collection and treatment, including recycling. It also addresses the production of recyclates and their use in different applications.
Published by PlasticsEurope in cooperation with EPRO, VDMA e. V. und BKV GmbH.
The Circular Economy for Plastics
12 MB, PDF