Guidelines for PET trays recycling released
Plastics Recyclers Europe released the design-for-recycling guidelines for PET trays.
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Polymark project has been launched
Project's aim is to increase the availability of recycled PET from used bottle to new bottle and to contribute to the EU's circular economy.
Demand for PET Packaging Material to reach $60 billion by 2019
The global PET packaging market is worth $48.1 billion in 2014, amounting to almost 16 million tonnes according to a market report from Smithers Pira.
New Octal's extrusion plant in US
Octal will commence commercial operations in the United States in the later half of 2014.
PET trays must be recycled separately
EuPR warns that PET bottles and trays must not be mixed to enable more efficient recycling.
P.E.T. Engineering awarded at the Oscar dell'Imballaggio 2013
P.E.T Engineering awarded for its light and eco-friendly 5l bottle.
Swerve neck solution at InnoBev in Warsaw
P.E.T. Engineering was awarded with the "Best light-weighting" for the patented solution "swerve neck" at InnoBev in Warsaw.
New PET recycling plant in Poland
PRT Radomsko has launched its new PET recycling plant in special economical zone of Lodz.
BASF: new materials at "JEC Composites Show" in Paris
The new materials include a PET-based foam with the trade name Kerdyn as well as new epoxy and PU systems to produce composite parts by means of RTM processes.
Octal has tripled its PET production capacity
Commissioning of two of the world's largest vertical reactors marks a milestone for Octal, tripling its annual production capacity of PET resin.
Weakness of PET recycling strategy in Europe
The PET recycling industry is threatened by persistent structural market failures across Europe, according to Plastics Recyclers Europe.
Italian M&G Group to build PET & PTA plants in Texas
Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G Group), leading producer of PET for packaging applications in the Americas and the market's technological leader, announces that it has purchased the land in Corpus Christi, Texas where it will build its one million tons per year PET plant (2.2 billion pounds) and accompanying 1.2 million tons per year (2.6 billion pounds) PTA plant.
