PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2013

EDITOUR REPORTS 19 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 10/13 www.petpla.net Off-trade volume sales trend Argentina for non-alcoholic beverages in millions of litres (Source: Euromonitor) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Carbonates 6,369 5,839 (-8.3%) 5,433 (-6.9%) 5,326 (-2%) 5,444 (+2.2%) Water 4,533 4,556 (+0.5%) 4,736 (+3.9) 4,966 (+4.9%) 5,090 (2.5%) Juices 142 156 (+9.8%) 195 (+25%) 238 (+22%) 272 (+14.3%) Sports & Energy drinks 52.1 58.5 (+12.3%) 62.9 (+7.5%) 71.9 (+14.3%) 84.7 (+17.8) Tea No data Get in touch with... recycling When it comes to waste, Chile is the front runner in Latin America with around 6.5 million tonnes produced annually. A significant proportion of this is in plastic bottles. A mecca for the recycling industry, one might think. In real- ity, however, things look very different because there has so far been no attempt made to establish a large-scale recycling system. Efforts in the heavily populated areas around Santiago to collect disposable bottles using return systems currently exist only in rudimentary form. This is not the fault of the consumer, since there are many advocates for recycling. The stumbling block is the lack of an existing infrastructure. Nevertheless, last year saw the inauguration of a project in which the environmental authorities are also involved. The website www.sumaverde.cl in corporates details of the location of disposal stations in Santiago. However, there is also a grass roots movement which has taken the bull by the horns and made recycling part of the daily routine. They call themselves “cartoneros“ (waste picker) and there are said to be 30,000 of them. They go round the streets collecting and sorting any refuse lying about, sell it and are thus able, by demonstrating a bit of initiative, to earn themselves a little cash. There is a law, the “ Ley de Residuos ”, (Hazardous Waste Act) drawn up many years ago but still not enforced, but which will now be deployed in order to regulate how waste is dealt with. A significant point incorporated in this law is the newly regulated accountability in respect of waste on the part of the manufacturers of the packaging. At present, municipalities and local authorities bear the costs of disposal, but in the future the manufacturers of the packaging will be required to assume the costs themselves and, if applicable, offer to take back their waste products. Several companies are already making preparations for when the legislation comes into force and this, as our inter- view partners all agreed during our discussions, will have an effect on the entire production chain. The precise level of waste produced in Argentina is something we have not been able to find out, but we were able to get an approximate idea based on the fact that, every day, around 16,000t of waste are produced within the greater Buenos Aires area. As is also the case in Chile, there is no possibility of any officially organised recycling. Gesellschaft Wärme Kältetechnik mbH Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 306 · D-58566 Kierspe Tel. +49 2359 665-0 · www.gwk.com Perfect cooling and temperature control Y o u w i l l f e e l b e t t e r h a v i n g m a d e t h e r i g h t d e c i s i o n . R e d u c e y o u r e n e r g y c o n s u m p t i o n . Tailor made solutions E n e r g y s a v i n g c o o l i n g s y s t e m s T e m p e r a t u r e c o n t r o l l e r s C h i ll e r s System solutions W a t e r t r e a t m e n t C o o l i n g t e c h n o l o g y M o u l d i n s e r t s T e m p e r a t u r e c o n t r o l t e c h n o l o g y Hall 10 Stand J 39