Ensuring the plastics cycle is economically sound, environmentally justified, and socially accepted.

What is PET?

What is PET?PolyEthylene Terephthalate or PET is a strong, but lightweight form of clear polyester, often used to make containers.
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Kids CornerReady to learn about where all of your cola bottles come from, and where they go once you have finished with them?
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Who Are Petcore?

Who are Petcore?PET containers recycling Europe, is a non-profit European association fostering the use and recycling of PET containers. Learn More.

Our Members

A sample of Petcore members:

www.alpla.com
ALPLA are leading manufacturers of plastic packaging in Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America.Our product range includes: Preforms...

http://www.laseda.es/index_en.php
Operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and with facilities in Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey,...

www.awsecoplastics.com
AWS Eco Plastics Ltd is the UK's leading plastic bottle recycling company. We own and operate a sorting plant capable of...

http://www.buhlergroup.com/21637EN.htm?grp=60 Bühler's business unit "Thermal Processes" supplies customer-...

www.colormatrix.com
ColorMatrix Group Inc are global innovators in liquid colorant, additive and dosing technologies for the plastics industry. The...

www.corepla.it
The National Consortium for Collection, Recovery and Recycling of Plastics Packaging Waste, COREPLA is responsible for the management and...

www.equipolymers.com
Equipolymers manufactures and markets polyethylene terephthalate resins and purified terephthalic acid (PTA), a key raw...

http://www.erema.com/en/1/
Erema is exclusively specialised in the development, design and manufacturing of recycling plants for the plastics...

www.grahampackaging.com
Graham Packaging Company, L.P., is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of technology-based, customized...

www.hollandcolours.com/web_hca/uk/content/content.nsfHolland
Holland Colours NV was founded in 1979 in...

http://www.indoramapolymers.com/site/Europe.htm 
  Indorama is a world-wide producer of polyester and its...

 
www.invista.com
INVISTA is one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and...

www.gruppomg.com
Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G) originally manufactured packaging for detergents and toiletries, mainly from HDPE and PVC...

http://joomla.montello-spa.it/en/
Montello S.p.A operates in the environmental services field.  One of the major plastics reclaimers in...

www.rpc-group.com
RPC Group is Europe's leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer, servicing a...

www.sorema.it
Sorema, with 30 years' experience is a Leader in design, manufacturing and installation of recycling plants for plastic materials: pre-...

www.sorepla.com
Sorepla reclaims domestic plastic packaging waste (PET and HDPE bottles) from separate collection schemes. Sorepla is the leader in...

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Register for More Documents on the New Petcore Website

A range of documents on issues concerning PET is available by registering with www.petcore.org . Click on the “Register” button at the top of the Home Page and complete the form.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON LINK IN CONFIRMATION E-MAIL TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION.
 
The Petcore Intranet is now live and access is available to all Petcore member companies. Please complete the Contact form if you have not received log in details.

Bottled waters have lightest environmental footprint

Filed by Bill Bruce
A new study finds that water, in all its forms, has the least environmental impact of any beverage choice. And when compared to other packaged beverages, including soft drinks, sports drinks, enhanced waters and juices, bottled water has the lightest environmental footprint.
The “life cycle analysis study,” available at www.beveragelcafootprint.com, was commissioned by Nestle Waters North America and conducted by Quantis International, a well recognised leader in life cycle analyses and related applications.

AWS rises from the flames with robust ambitions

By Anthony Clark
Posted 27 January 2010 10:18 am GMT
AWS Eco Plastics, the Wallsend-based recycling firm, says that its fire-damaged plant will be back at full capacity within months.

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