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• White Opaque Design Guidelines for Recyclability for ‘food grade’ Opaque White PET Bottles

  18 Sep 2023

  Brussles 18 September 2023

       

                                          PRESS RELEASE

  EPBP launches Design Guidelines for Recyclability for ‘food grade’ Opaque White...

• Multi-Colour Corporation’s shrink sleeves receive a common approval from RecyClass and EPBP

  18 Apr 2023

  PRESS RELEASE

  Following the partnership established in 2022 between European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) and RecyClass, the first joint approval was issued to MultiColor Corporation (MCC) technologies – ‘RecycLABEL® Floatable SSL Flexo F779752’ & ‘RecycLABEL® Floatable SSL Gravure 40951’.

  The...

• EPBP Organizational changes

  29 Jan 2023

  PRESS RELEASE                                                

  Initiative on PET recyclability sees a founding member leave

  The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) have decided to leave the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP).

  Antoon Spiessens, Chairman of EPBP, said “We respect the...

• EPBP position for colored bottles

  01 Mar 2022

  Over the last years, some brand owners have committed to phase out green and other colored bottles from their product portfolio. Colored PET bottles have been recently banned by law in some legislations, such as South Korea and India,...

• PET bottles: From Recyclability to Circularity

  25 Jan 2022

  Brussels, 25 January 2022

  EPBP and RecyClass sign off strategic collaboration

  Following the numerous commitments of the industry players to increase uptake of recycled plastics, including the new mandatory target of 25% in PET bottles by 2025, the European PET Bottle...

• How to keep a sustainable PET recycling industry in Europe

  28 Apr 2014

  The European PET Bottle Platform is a voluntary industry initiative that provides PET bottle design guidelines for recycling, evaluates PET bottle packaging solutions and technologies and facilitates understanding of the effects of new PET bottle innovations on recycling processes. This...

• EPBP - the first 2 years

  11 Feb 2011

  The European PET Bottle Platform was formed by the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO), the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR), PET Containers Recycling Europe (Petcore), the Union of European Beverages Association (UNESDA) and the European Federation of...