EVENTS

Annual Petcore Europe conference to be held in Brussels in November

ASSOCIATIONS

Mark Kenrick appointed new president of Petcore Europe

PLASTIC PACKAGING

Indian government mulling ban on PET bottles for liquid, oral medicine / Petcore association says proposal has no scientific base

PET RECYCLING

Summary of presentations of Petcore Networking Day

PET RECYCLING

Europe recycles 65 bn bottles in 2013 / Call for collection systems to be standardised

PET RECYCLING

European associations and R&D institutes establish “Polymark” project / Developing new technology to detect used PET bottles suitable for reuse in food-contact applications / EU-funded research

EVENTS

PET networking day in November / Registration still open

PET RECYCLING EUROPE

Bottle collection forecast to reach 2.1m t by 2017 / Recycling growth of 5.6% in 2012 / Petcore/Plastics Recyclers Europe report

ASSOCIATIONS

PETCORE Europe appoints Patrick Peuch executive director / First board meeting

PET RECYCLING

EU 27 collected 1.6m t of PET in 2011 / Recycling rate grows by 9.4% year-on-year / Recyclers operating at only 77% capacity utilisation / Latest Petcore, EuPR figures

PET RECYCLING

Europe collected 1.45m t of PET in 2010 / 6.5% year-on-year increase / Recycle plants only utilise 80% of current capacity

PET RECYCLING

EU bottle collection volume rises 8% against 2009 / Recovery rates higher than most plastics