News & Events

While PET is already 100% recyclable & made to be remade, on the 2^nd of March 2022 the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi (UNEA 5.2) agreed to develop a treaty on plastic pollution. The objective is to promote the sustainable production & consumption of plastics.
An intergovernmental negotiating committee will negotiate the details & complete its work by 2024.

PETCORE-Europe as a member of PolyREC® is thrilled to announce that PolyREC® has been recognized as a data collector for the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) and RecoTrace™ now is the first comprehensive data system to monitor plastic recycling and recycled plastics use. 

This report, delivered by PRE in partnership with PETCORE Europe, NMWE and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, provides the latest data and trends on: the current state of the PET market in Europe, key changes impacting the market and the challenges faced by the supply chain and also talks about how the future PET market will look like.

EPBP and RecyClass sign off strategic collaboration.

Eastman to invest up to $1 billion to accelerate circular economy through building world’s largest molecular plastics recycling facility in France.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman (NYSE:EMN) Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman’s plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman’s polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated.

All bottles 100% rPET

Nutroma's goal for the future? That all the bottles are made of 100% rPET. This is how they strive for circular packaging. In other words: products that are recycled again and again so that they can make new ones. Nutroma is not quite there yet, but they're working on it. And that is an important first step.

PETCORE Europe is thrilled to announce the launch of its new logo as a part of the ongoing evolution of the association, representing the entire PET value chain and pioneering PET Circularity since 1993.

Our professional profile has grown and evolved over the last decades, so we felt a need to alter our logo reflecting who we are today and symbolizing our dynamic development towards PET circularity. 

In 2019, Petcore Europe launched the PET Monomer Recycling Special Industry Group - with initial engagement by companies involved in the development of new and innovative processes to recycle PET and Polyester waste by depolymerization and reusing its monomer constituents. Due to the growing interest in PET Monomer Recycling, Petcore Europe is happy to announce the 2021 PET Chemical Recycling: Depolymerization Forum. 

PETCORE Europe Labels WG was launched in 2020 and on the 13^th of October it is going to hold its first webinar in order to share the most recent updates on its activities. This webinar will bring the light on key value-added topics for the recyclability of the labels.

Are you DRS-ready? 

The chances are that you’ll need to be, especially if the plastics packaging industry is going to get its collection rates on track.