News & Events
- 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.
- News & Events
- Friday, 05 October 2018
On Tuesday, 2 October Petcore Europe hosted its ODR (Opaque and Difficult to Recycling) Working Group meeting at the Bluepoint Business Center in Brussels. More than 50 participants and expert speakers from all major European label and sleeve suppliers made the meeting a big success.
- News & Events
- Monday, 24 September 2018
Petcore Europe / PET Sheet Europe Press Release 25 September 2018
The modification to French Agricultural Law, approved on Friday, 14 September 2018 by the Assemblée Nationale and the Senate prohibits the availability of plastics containers and disposables for catering in school, university and nurseries. Despite current discussions in Europe affecting the end-of-life disposal of some of the same items targeted in France, as of today, the European Union has not yet adopted any restrictive measures against single use plastics packaging and food containers, which puts the decision in conflict with European law.
- News & Events
- Friday, 07 September 2018
RWM will fill the halls of the NEC in Birmingham next week on the 12th and 13th of september, as 22,000 waste and recycling professionals will be attending the biggest event of its kind in the UK. Free tickets for RWM are available via rwmexhibition.com.
Next to 500 exhibitors, presentations from academy and industry representatives will show the latest innovations in recycling and waste management.
- News & Events
- Wednesday, 05 September 2018
Don't miss the event of the year for the PET value chain: "EU Plastics Strategy 2.0 - Taking the PET industry to the next step"
