Member profile
Xavier Ferry
Organization:
Comité International des Plastiques en Agriculture
Country:
France
Field(s) of expertise:
I am working on:
Implementation of National Collection Schemes for agri-plastics, edition of Plasticulture Magazine, standardization of the use of agri-plastics.
Xavier Ferry
Comité Français des Plastiques en Agricoles (CPA) is the French professional for plastics in agriculture, ensuring technical development and organiziing the National Collection Scheme called APE (Agriculture Plastics Environment).
CPA ensure the sustainable use of plastics with agronomic effect used in agriculture, including assesment of biodegradable products use, R&D for soilage removal at retrieving, support for investment in dedicated recycling capacities and design for recycling assesment.
Xavier Ferry
Agriculture Plastics Environment Europe (APE Europe) is the professional body for non-packaging plastics used in agriculture for Europe. The association gather National Collection Schemes, raw material producers and converters with the mission to develop a coherent and sustainable management of agri-plastics, including standards, end-of-life management and integration of recyclates.
Xavier Ferry
CIPA (Comité International des Plastiques en Agriculture) is the professional association for plastics in agriculture, gathering researchers, national committees and industrials to develop sustainable plastic use, including the end of life management.
Following the different communications in congress and articles in Plasticulture Magazine, the CIPA has drafted a preliminary project of a global plasticulture strategy, inspired by what is already existing and the contribution of it network of experts in the field.