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...

Latest Petcore updates:

PET Profile - All you need to know about PET - New Petcore publication

Petcore has launched a new publication in electronic form – PET Profile. 
 
Versions in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish are available.
 
This useful paper provides a positive and informative view of PET. PET Profile details the benefits offered to a wide range of stakeholders as well as publicising its recycling credentials.  PET Profile is targeted at those working in the plastics industry and those who need basic understanding of PET such as journalists and students.  It is accessible from the website Document Library for those who register; it can also be requested via the Contacts form on the website or by sending an E-mail to info@petcore.org

Alpla leads Europe’s rigid plastics packaging sector

European Plastics News staff
Posted 1 March 2010 4:07 pm GMT
The top five producers of rigid plastics packaging in Europe share a slice of the market worth more than €4bn, according to a new report published this month by European Plastics News.
Alpla Werke of Austria takes the top place in the European Plastics News ranking of 30 Top Producers of Rigid Plastics Packaging in Europe. Second place goes to RPC of the UK, followed by UK-headquartered Rexam, Spain’s Artenius PET Packaging Europe and Greiner Packaging of Austria.

Nine World Cup sides to wear shirts made entirely from recycled PET bottles

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:17 PM on 26th February 2010
Footballers including Cristiano Ronaldo and Robinho will take to the pitch in the World Cup in South Africa this summer wearing shirts made out of recycled plastic bottles.
Nike announced yesterday that for this first time its nine national teams, which include Brazil, Portugal and The Netherlands, will wear tops made entirely from polyester.
The environmentally-friendly move will see each shirt made from up to eight recycled plastic bottles.
 
Green: Footballers including Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo will wear Nike shirts made entirely from plastic bottles at this summer's World Cup in South Africa

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