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Contents: Brussels, 5th January 2003 Brussels, 11th December 2002 Brussels, 19th July 2002 Brussels, 14th June 2002-2 Brussels, 14th June 2002 Brussels, 5 February 2002 Haarlem, September 2001 Haarlem, May 2001 |
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Brussels, 5th January 2003 German definition of environmentally friendly products is fundamentally flawed In a press release earlier this week, the German environment ministry announced it considers reviving its very controversial proposal to distinguish between ecologically "favourable" and "unfavourable" packaging. In their proposal, single use laminated drink cartons and plastic milk pouches would be exempted from the deposit scheme. Petcore believes the basis for such considerations is fundamentally flawed. To call certain products "favourable" and others "unfavourable" at member state level, leads to market distortion within the European Union, potentially violating legislation on the free movement of goods. Calling certain products "unfavourable" sets a dangerous precedent. For example, the consumption of meat is infinitely more damaging to the environment, than the use of any packaging material. Drink cartons and milk pouches should be exempted from the deposit scheme because it is impractical to return such packaging containers to the store, not because of slight differences in the outcome of an LCA. The UBA LCA on which the proposal was based, has been subject to dispute over selection criteria used. Single use PET containers fall under the deposit scheme, which will result in a very high recycling rate. This will render one-way PET as ecologically "favourable" if the same rules are applied. The success of PET beverage containers is the result of excellent product performance, combined with impressive recycling gains. PET bottles are being recycled in almost all European countries. Italy and France are the largest PET recyclers in Europe with around 100,000 t/y each. Germany is well underway to joint the top league. PET is recycled into polyester fibres, strapping for construction material, polyester sheet, and back into PET bottles, according to Petcore. |
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Brussels, 11th December 2002 Petcore announces new Technical Committee Chairman Mr Karel Wendl of the Packaging and Retail Equipment Innovation Department of Coca-Cola Europe, Eurasia and Middle East has been nominated Chairman of the Petcore Technical Committee. In his 10 years with Coca-Cola, Mr Wendl has been extensively involved in the development of PET recycling technologies such as reclaimed PET flake detection and selection and the fine-tuning of CYCLEPET, Coca-Cola’s recycled PET bottles programme. A member of Petcore’s Technical Committee for the last 3 years, Mr Wendl welcomed his election to chairmanship. "The PET bottle as a packaging solution offers consumer convenience, extensive room for innovation and development today and for the future, as well as the potential for brand differentiation” he says. The he goes on: “Companies like mine take a serious and responsible view on PET bottle recycling. As a Petcore member, we will continue to support and foster existing as well as new technically feasible and economically viable PET bottle recycling technologies. The goal should be to widen the spectrum of PET bottle recycling technologies for an increasing variety of different PET packaging in the European market place, including those technologies offering opportunities for an increasing use of recycled PET in packaging applications. I believe that with this focus we can create sustainable market opportunities for PET packaging." |
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Brussels, 19th July 2002 Petcore launches a new logo and a new website Today, Petcore officially launched its new logo and new website. Petcore's move in vision and mission and shift towards a more political and focussed approach, needed be reflected in a brand new image. Today, we are proud to present the new persona of Petcore. The re-vamped logo represents a reclaimed PET bottle shredded into flakes, the raw material at the root of all recycled PET products. The font used for the association's name, very round and three-dimensional, conveys the idea of PET containers. At last, but not least, the movement in the design represent the fresh pro-active approach of the "new Petcore". The new website is graphically in line with the new logo, however the sites' most striking feature resides in the quantity of new information it offers. Amongst the notable new features of the site are a "Frequently Asked Questions" section, developed for those in need of fast facts about PET and its recyclability and a dynamic News section that will be updated very regularly. User-friendliness is one of the traits that have been central to the development of the site. The complete navigation menu is present on all pages to allow users' to have a visible access to every part of the site, always. Furthermore, the site has been developed in a static form to avoid disrupting the reader's concentration while browsing, while at the same time maximising download speed. |
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Brussels, 14th June 2002-2 European PET bottle recycling breaks new records Today Petcore announced that in 2001, European PET bottle collection increased by more than 20% compared to the year before. In total, European sorting stations* offered 344,000 tonnes of sorted and baled PET to the recycling outlets. PET is recycled into fibres (62%) used for clothing, carpets and filaments; sheet (16%), strapping (10%) and back into PET bottles (7%). Frank Koelewijn, Petcore's Director General, expects similar growth this year, while PET recycling is forecast to double to 700,000 tonnes by 2006. According to Mr. Koelewijn, the increase in PET recycling is most rapid in Germany. In two years' time Germany will have joined Italy and France as the largest PET recycling countries, generating well over 100,000 Tonnes each. All countries with a good collection system forecast continuous growth in PET recycling. These include Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Spain and Portugal are expected to follow suit. As for EU candidate countries like the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Baltic states, much will depend on their choice of collection methods. They have the opportunity to learn from past experiences in western European countries, and from successes such as the Belgian curbside collection system. Mr. Koelewijn: "I am concerned with the haste with which legislators in candidate countries scramble to impose laws just to meet EU requirements. They risk making costly mistakes. Instead, they should request fast moving consumer goods manufacturers to come up with a sound business plan for the collection of recyclable household waste such, that it meets local economic, social and cultural needs. It is so much easier to do things right in the first place, instead of having to repair a dysfunctional collection system." * European Union member states, plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and all EU candidate countries. |
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Brussels, 14th June 2002 Willy Schweizer, Voridian, new Petcore Chairman Petcore announced today that Willy Schweizer, the European Polymers Business Group Director of Voridian, was elected as the new Chairman of Petcore's Board of Directors. Voridian is the world's largest manufacturer of PET resins. Mr. Schweizer replaces Floyd Flexon, Vice President of Schmalbach-Lubeca. Mr. Schweizer says: "Petcore plays a vital role when it comes to advising European governments on the most appropriate collection and recovery systems for post consumer PET bottles. Our bottle design guidelines for recycling are increasingly used by bottle designers to avoid problems downstream. Our continuous quest for new and better sorting and recovery technologies have resulted in a booming growth rate of PET recycling in Europe. I am delighted to assume this new responsibility by making sure that we continue adding value to the PET container business." The Petcore Board also decided to welcome Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone as full members. "This opens up the way for other PET container fillers and converters to join and make sure PET is recycled now, and in the future," said Mr. Schweizer. |
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| Brussels, 5 February 2002 Petcore: PET recycling through depolymerisation Chemical recycling of PET bottles explained at a workshop with EU officials at hotel Renaissance Tuesday 5 February 14.00 - 16.30 Petcore, the non-profit European association fostering the recovery and recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers, held a workshop today where industry experts explained how recycling of PET bottles through depolymerisation could open up new markets for post-consumer bottles. "The growth of PET has been nothing short of spectacular," said Floyd Flexon, Petcore's chairman. He believes that recycling of PET is necessary for the continued long term growth of this industry. To maintain double digit growth in PET recycling, the issue of coloured bottles and multilayer technologies needs to be addressed and solved. The solutions, according to Petcore, lie in optimising collection and sorting technology as well as developing a depolymerisation recycling end use market. Petcore views chemical recycling, through depolymerisation of PET, as being competitive with current mechanical recycling and in fact will optimise the total environmental benefit. "Today, most of Europe's PET is recycled mechanically," said Cesare Spreafico, the Director General of COREPLA, responsible for the collection and recycling of Italy's packaging waste. Mechanical recycling will remain the process of choice for transparent and light blue bottles, even after the introduction of a depolymerisation recycling process, according to Mr. Spreafico. COREPLA is sponsoring R&D for a new PET depolymerisation recycling process, with support of major producers of virgin PET resins. A pilot plant to validate the process, will become operational in Italy this spring. Jean-Paul Goulin of Eastman Chemicals explained that PET recycling through depolymerisation will still require the PET bottles to be sorted and washed prior to recycling, making it at least as expensive as mechanical recycling. The European Commission anticipated this new development by including chemical recycling in the 20% quote for plastic packaging waste recycling. The Commission's revised draft Packaging and Packaging waste Directive will be reviewed by the European Parliament later this year. The workshop, Petcore's first since it moved offices last December from the Netherlands to Brussels, attracted many Commission officials and member state representatives. Petcore intends to discuss the depolymerisation recycling process with members of the European Parliament. |
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| Haarlem, September 2001 New Director General for Petcore PET Container Recycling Europe (Petcore) has announced the appointment of Frank Koelewijn to the post of Director General. He succeeds Henk Hansler, who will continue to act as advisor to Mr. Koelewijn until 1 October 2001. Mr. Koelewijn joins Petcore from Kimberly-Clark, where he was Director Regulatory Affairs Europe. He will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of Petcore, a non-profit association, whose key objective is to facilitate the economical recovery of PET containers. One of his first tasks will be to oversee the move of the Petcore offices from Haarlem to Brussels - expected to be completed by the end of 2001. Frank Koelewijn was born in 1952 in Den Helder, the Netherlands, and studied mechanical engineering. He subsequently joined Hoogovens in IJmuiden where he held various posts in the company's Quality Department. In 1987 he joined Kimberly-Clark as Head of Quality for the company's manufacturing facility in Veenendaal, the Netherlands. After 4 years, he established the company's European environmental office, participating in hundreds of audits at facilities in the US, Europe and South Africa. Five years ago he was appointed to the post of Director Regulatory Affairs Europe, based in Brussels. In this capacity, Mr. Koelewijn, who is married with three adult children, completed a two-year chairmanship of the Environment Committee of the American Chambers of Commerce in Belgium. He confesses to being fascinated by the way Europeans manage to combine cultural diversity with active cross-cultural co-operation. In taking up his post, Frank Koelewijn said: "PET is a wonderful product - and over the past two decennia, this industry has achieved an impressive combination of application development and awareness of its environmental superiority. Through Petcore, I hope to be making a useful contribution to further innovation and discussions on sustainable growth." Petcore - PET Container Recycling Europe - is a non-profit association, whose key objective is to facilitate the economical recovery of plastic containers (with emphasis on PET bottles) through collection, reclamation and development of end uses for post-consumer bottles throughout Europe. |
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Haarlem, May 2001 April 2001 PET container recycling - strong as ever A total of 270.000 tonnes of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was collected in Europe for recycling by the industry in the year 2000. This represents an increase of 23% over the results of 1999 when a total of 219.000 tonnes was collected. According to figures published by PET Container Recycling Europe (Petcore) last year's 23% increase in European collection volume was in line with the previous year's 25% growth. A significant contribution to this growth was made in France, where collection volume went up from 39.500 to over 60.000 tonnes. According to Petcore Chairman, Floyd Flexon, collection growth looks set to continue: "In the coming five years, we expect that European collection will increase by an average of 20% per annum. In addition it is likely that we will see extra growth coming from the United Kingdom and Spain since their collection programmes are in their infancy." Mr. Flexon adds: "Although the collection figures are very encouraging indeed, the PET recycling industry has not had an easy year. Coming out of a difficult two years trough in 1998 and 1999, the industry has gone through a massive shake-up. And we are not out of the woods yet: in the past year, recycling capacity has increased strongly but by far the bigger issue is the collection systems to achieve good quality sorted PET bottles. In addition we experienced a further shortage of collected bottles, due to exports to the Far East." "However, we do see these as positive challenges to the industry - and at present we can also signal improved economics for recyclers thanks to the higher prices for virgin PET to which prices for recycled PET (R-PET) are directly linked." Putting things in an historic perspective, Floyd Flexon said: "Six years ago, the PET industry set itself a number of stretch targets for the recycling of PET containers. At that time it was predicted that by the year 2000, a total of 100.000 tonnes of R-PET would be collected and used. Many in the industry were sceptical about setting such high targets. As it turns out, across Europe, a record number of PET bottles was recovered for reprocessing during 2000. For 2001, it is expected that Europe will break through the 300.000 tonnes barrier - clear evidence that R-PET has many valid and commercially viable opportunities in today's marketplace." He added: "Recycling of PET containers makes absolute business sense. After use and post-consumer recovery, most recycled PET bottles are cleaned (washed), flaked and either used directly or blended with virgin polymer, before being processed in a similar way to virgin polymer. The quality of recycled PET (R-PET) that can be achieved is very high, so it can be used for a number of applications such as fibres for carpets and clothing or for automotive applications and even for going back into new bottles. A unique feature of R-PET is that during the recycling process, it is possible to increase the performance of the R-PET to levels higher than those of the original virgin material. During a so-called solid stating process, the molecular weight of R-PET can be increased to a higher value than the original one that can be used for specific applications like strapping." There are many developing markets for recovered PET. Through participation in the recycling efforts of many European countries, Petcore has compiled intensive sources of information to assist communities in establishing successful recycling programmes. In addition, Petcore can assist communities with pertinent information about the processing, reclamation and remanufacture of post-consumer PET plastic containers. Because of its clear advantages, the use of PET is increasing. In 1999, over 5 million tonnes of PET were processed world-wide - and the trend is growing. PET is not just an excellent material for the production of bottles. Its characteristics allow its use to be extended beyond its initial application. In fact, PET retains so much of its inherent qualities that recycling the material is not only viable, but highly desirable. It is Petcore's commitment to assist and promote the sustainable recovery and recycling of PET packaging. Petcore - PET Container Recycling Europe - is a non-profit association, whose key objective is to facilitate the economical recovery of plastic containers (with emphasis on PET bottles) through collection, reclamation and development of end uses for post-consumer bottles throughout Europe.
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