News & Events
- News & Events
- Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Best Practices for Harmonised Collection & Sorting | Breakfast Discussion in the European Parliament on 19 February 2019
The entire PET industry has set itself ambitious recycling targets and is committed to increase its role in the circular economy. PETCORE EUROPE and the Parliament Magazine therefore organised a breakfast discussion in the European Parliament to present the PET industry's best practices and to bring together EU policymakers, NGOs and stakeholders alike to discuss the PET recyclers’ unused capacity. The event was kindly hosted by MEP Maria Spyraki.
- News & Events
- Thursday, 14 February 2019
PETCORE EUROPE ODR Working Group achieves a 3-year temporary endorsement for perforated sleeves on Household and Personal Care (HPC) PET bottles by the European PET Bottle Platform
- News & Events
- Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Each year the European PET value chain meets in Brussels for the annual PETCORE EUROPE Conference. Due to its continued success over recent past, this year the two day conference was held at a new venue to welcome more than 280 industry delegates
- News & Events
- Tuesday, 15 January 2019
DuPont Teijin Films launched new Mylar® Harvest Fresh rPET range of heat sealable polyester films with up to 50 percent post-consumer recycled rPET content.
- News & Events
- Thursday, 20 December 2018
Single-use plastics: Presidency reaches provisional agreement with Parliament
Yesterday, during the third and last trilogue regarding the “Proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment”, commonly known as Single-use Plastics Directive Proposal, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement which is expected to be signed today by the national Environment Ministers.
- News & Events
- Friday, 14 December 2018
ICIS and PETCORE EUROPE PET Recycling Survey 2017 - Harmonized European-wide collection is the way forward.
Out of 3.308.300 tonnes of PET bottles placed in the European market in 2017, 58.2% - in total 1.923.100 tonnes (+2.9 % compared to 2016) - were collected. This conclusion comes from the Annual Survey on the European PET Recycle Industry, conducted by ICIS and commissioned by PETCORE EUROPE.
- News & Events
- Wednesday, 12 December 2018
On the 11th December 2018, 13 organisations from the entire plastics value chain hosted their first annual event “The EU Plastics Industries – Towards Circularity” and presented the status of their voluntary commitments and pledges in front of the media, NGOs and representatives of the European Commission.
- News & Events
- Tuesday, 04 December 2018
The event of the year for the PET value chain: "EU Plastics Strategy 2.0 - Taking the PET industry to the next step" is in only one month from now.
Petcore Europe is pleased to announce the programme of its annual conference from 6-7 February 2019 in the Renaissance Brussels Hotel! Places are limited. Secure your ticket now via this link.
- News & Events
- Monday, 03 December 2018
PET is the polymer champion in circularity and PET trays are already great performers in terms of use of recyclates; in the EU market, PET-based trays contain on average around 55% of recycled plastics but this is just the first step already achieved towards circularity.
There is a growing trend in the collection of PET trays for specific recycling activities. Nonetheless, more work must be done. Besides separate collection and proper sorting of trays and other PET sheet-based products, design for recycling is a major tool to boost their circularity.
- News & Events
- Monday, 29 October 2018
The event of the year for the PET value chain: "EU Plastics Strategy 2.0 - Taking the PET industry to the next step"
PETCORE EUROPE is pleased to announce several key speakers of its annual conference from 6-7 February 2019 in the Renaissance Brussels Hotel! Secure your ticket via this link.
