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title: "About"
url: "https://www.silviamerighi.com/about/"
date: "2026-10-20"
modified: "2026-10-20"
author: "f4b7h"
language: "en_US"
excerpt: "Italian, based in Budapest, in the plastics business since 1983. Career, expertise and focus areas of plastics recycling expert Silvia Merighi."
---

# About

# About me

My name is Silvia Merighi. I am Italian, I live in Budapest, and I have spent more than 45 years in the plastics industry.

I started in January 1983 as an intermediary in the international plastics market, and that has been my work ever since: understanding what producers, converters and recyclers need, and connecting them across borders. Over the years the focus of the industry has shifted, and so has mine. Today my main interest is recycling and the circular economy.

I believe waste is a resource. Making that true in practice takes better collection and sorting, reliable recycled materials, and laws and rules that reward their use. That is what I write and speak about, and what I work for every day.

![Silvia Merighi addressing the audience, Budapest 2025](https://www.silviamerighi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/silvia-merighi-speaking-2025-03.jpg)

## Career

Experience

Today

Speaker and advocate

Plastics recycling and the circular economy

Talks, panels and articles on recycled plastics, and on the rules and incentives that would make them the obvious choice.

1983 – present

Intermediary, international plastics market

Independent

More than four decades of connecting producers, converters, recyclers and traders across Europe, with a growing focus on recycled polymers.

Focus areas

Market

Recycled polymers

Supply, quality and price

Policy

Circular economy

Collection, sorting and fair rules

## Expertise

What I do

Recycled plastics market

Where recycled polymers come from, what they are worth and who needs them: supply, quality and price, seen from inside the market.

International connections

Long-standing relationships with producers, converters, recyclers and traders across Europe, and a knack for bringing the right people together.

Circular economy

Practical arguments for treating waste as a resource, and for rules and incentives that make recycled materials competitive.

Speaking and advocacy

Talks, panels and business meetings where I speak for the plastics sector and argue for recycled materials.