On October 7, 2020, a conference of companies representatives of the the Polymer industry was held to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of BAP.

The event began with a presentation by Mr. Anton Peychev, Senior Expert in the Directorate “Waste Management and Soil Protection” in the MOEW on “Responsibilities and challenges for plastic processors related to the forthcoming changes in national legislation with a view to transposing Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament on reducing the impact of the single use plastic products, as well as waste management in connection with the circular economy and EP Directive 2018/852 on packaging and packaging waste.

In his presentation, Mr. Peychev acquainted the guests of the event with the main steps and time stages through which the process of transposition of the EU Directives will pass.

Mr. Peychev answered the questions of the participants regarding the changes in the national legislation and called on the members of the association, as representatives of the Polymers industry in Bulgaria, to send their opinions and questions to the MOEW so that the considerations and ideas of the business to be taken into account in the preparation of the new legislation, which is to be adopted during the transposition of the two directives in Bulgaria.