News & Events

The European Commission promotes the following hierarchy in its packaging policies: REDUCE consumption, REUSE and RECYCLE. This supports the ultimate goal of the EU to be climate neutral by 2050. This is a goal shared by the European PET industry.

The following state of play document was developed by the PETCORE EUROPE Reuse Working Group to show the potential that PET packaging has in terms of reuse and how reuse solutions can complement single-use recyclable packaging in a circular economy of PET in Europe. To access the full position paper, please click here. 

Since more than 15 years, the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) is playing a significant role in providing Design Guidelines for Recycling (DfR) and Evaluating PET bottle packaging innovative solutions and technologies on quality of recycled PET.

Follow the latest news from PETCORE EUROPE - December 2023.

Follow the latest news from Trays Circularity Evaluation Platform.

Follow the latest news from European PET Bottle Platform.

The inclusion of opaque white PET beverage bottles in the targets set by the European Commission demonstrates the commitment of the industry towards a more sustainable future.

EPBP (European PET Bottle Platform) has now developed ‘design guidelines for recyclability for food grade opaque white PET bottles and expects that these guidelines will provide crucial support to the mechanical recycling industry for plastics in Europe. To access the full press release, please click here. 

gr3n’s unique chemical recycling technology is capable of processing PET from various industries including textile waste, closing the loop for hard to recycle PET applications.

Follow the latest news from PETCORE EUROPE - June 2023.

PETCORE has added the Italian market to its PET recycling communication campaign and broadened its channels to include TikTok and Instagram. 

PETCORE EUROPE is pleased to announce that it has appointed Martin Stephan as Executive Director, vice Ermis Panagiotopoulos, who served as Interim Executive Director since January 1^st, 2023.