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July 17, 2018

Opinion: recycled content mandates needed

Non-profit organization Reloop comments on EU Commission’s proposal for reduction of environmental impacts of single-use plastics, calls for setting recycled content mandates, high targets for recycling of beverage bottles, EU-wide deposit-refund schemes

Topics: European Commission, PET, recycling, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

July 16, 2018

EFSA evaluates Gneuss recycling for PET

EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from Gneuss recycling processes safe for use in food contact articles intended ‘for long-term storage at room temperature with all types of food stuffs’; trays made of this recycled PET not to be used in microwave or conventional oven

Topics: EFSA, PET, recycling, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

July 11, 2018

EU PET industry to provide antimony data

Committee of EU PET manufacturers joins data campaign to produce exposure information on antimony substances used in PET production

Topics: antimony, cancer, PET

Reading time: 1 minute

July 3, 2018

Tray-to-tray PET recycling

4PET Recycling launches first tray-to-tray PET recycling line in the Netherlands; Petcore Europe welcomes initiative as step towards ‘circular PET’

Topics: circular economy, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

June 29, 2018

CEF Panel: 75^th plenary meeting

EFSA’s CEF Panel discusses PET recycling processes, new mandate for evaluating food contact chemical, safety assessment of phthalates and BPA in FCMs at 75th plenary meeting, held June 5-7, 2018

Topics: bisphenol A, EFSA, PET, phthalates, plastics, recycling, risk assessment

Reading time: 2 minutes

June 14, 2018

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 23^rd meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling, risk assessment

Reading time: 1 minute

May 16, 2018

EU bottled water industry commits to more recycling

European Federation of Bottled Waters aims to increase collection of PET bottles from 60% to 90% and use 25% recycled PET in water bottles by 2025 as EU average

Topics: circular economy, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

April 19, 2018

Efficiency of ‘PET-eating’ enzyme can be improved

Scientists modify PET-degrading bacterial enzyme to make it more efficient; enzyme also supports PEF degradation; further improvement required to allow industrial application in plastics recycling

Topics: PET, pollution, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

April 17, 2018

Deadline for Indian PET bottle ban extended

Consumers and retailers in Indian state Maharashtra must dispose of banned plastic items such as PET bottles smaller than 0.5 L until June 23, 2018

Topics: PET, plastics, pollution, regulation

Reading time: 1 minute

April 16, 2018

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 22^nd meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online

Topics: EFSA, European Commission, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

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