A life-cycle study of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - the polyester plastic used for most convenience-sized soda and water bottles - has confirmed that PET resin is a highly recyclable and energy efficient packaging material.
European Bottled Water & Soft Drinks Industries drive initiative to improve recyclability of PET bottles.
Two former German Freudenberg and Rethmann recycling companies announced a joint venture "First PET" enterprise, specialized recycling PET beverage bottles.
Packaging industry trade associations are encouraging their members to follow a new set of guidelines to ensure that PET bottles are compatible with recycling facilities.
Into its twelfth year, the MEAPET (Middle East/Africa PET) conference is gearing up to return once more to Dubai on 14-15 March 2011. Leading brand owners, technology companies & PET preform market players are expected to share first-hand insights on emerging opportunities in Africa and ME.
An Australian university has banned the sale of water in PET bottles on its campus. The University of Canberra (UC), in Bruce, a suburb of Canberra, will eliminate an estimated 140,000 PET bottles from being sold annually.
Societe de Vin Internationale LTEE, a leading supplier of fine wines, beers, and alcomalts, based in Laval, Quebec, has made its debut in plastic packaging, introducing the first 1 Liter PET wine bottle for the North American airline industry.
Usually, plastic bottles, PETs are recycled by mechanical technologies, and they get several other uses afterwards: carpets, sweaters, etc. But now things are about to change.
Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) is Europe's leading manufacturer of PET preforms and single and two stage containers as well as being a pioneer of PET recycling in Europe.
Growth opportunities for blow moulders, especially those in PET, are in no short supply. Researchers suggest that the latent potential for PET barrier bottles in beer, wine, and milk is equivalent to the current size of the carbonated soft drinks (CSD) market for PET bottles in Europe, which was just under 1 million tonnes in 2010.
Mineral water supplier Evian has developed a new 1.5-litre, light-weighted bottle that will be launched this month.
APPE (formerly known as Artenius PET Packaging) has announced that it doubled the amount of PET bottles it supplied for this year's Beaujolais Nouveau Vintage.
