PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2014

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 15 PET planet insider Vol. 15 Brussels, communicating with Euro- pean institutions about the importance of the PET value chain, ensuring that PET is positioned as a sustainable packaging material and responding to any concern or issue”. For this reason three basic theme blocks have been defined for this workshop: 1) PET demand – the developments, opportunities and risks inherent in PET. 2) European regulatory framework – the efforts to create a European statute. 3) PET sustainability – the challenge. PET demand In the first theme block ”PET Demand“, Sabine Strnad of Coca Cola Hellenic presented the assembled delegates with ”PET as the material of choice for packag- ing“. It is an undisputed fact that Coca Cola has been the ”foremost global promoter of PET for over 20 years“ and Sabine Strnad is the perfect agent to open the workshop on a cautiously optimistic note. 51% of all Coca Cola beverages are bottled in PET – and the trend is rising. The well-known advantages of reduced transport weight, a reduction in “carbon footprint “ – less than 25% in 2020 – are emphasised. ”PET bottle tops for delivering refreshments today … and tomorrow. PET demand is expected to double by 2020”. But this positive scenario is not totally risk-free. Sabine Strnad regrets - as she puts it -”present-day packaging waste regulation regimes across Europe“, which could not be more different from one another - deposit refund, packaging tax, refillable quota, competitive schemes, non-competitive schemes - every imaginable evil associ- ated with variable legislative intervention and, moreover, different wherever you go, from Portugal to Finland, even ”state-owned recovery PROVEN COST SAVINGS PERFORMANCE moldmasters.com Mold-Mastersand theMold-Masters logoare trademarksofMold-Masters (2007) Limited. ©2014Mold-Masters (2007) Limited -AMilacronCompany.All rights reserved. Rely on our global support network for fast service and parts. North America 1-800-387-2483 | Europe 49 (0) 7221 5099-0 Asia 86 512 86162882 ALWAYS INNOVATING. + More efficient use of platen real estate increases the cavitation for a given machine size: s 72 vs. 48 Cavity with a 38mm finish in a 300T s 96 vs. 72 Cavity with a 28mm finish in a 300T s 128 vs. 96 Cavity with a 28mm finish in a 400T + Proprietary iFLOW and iCOOL technology reduces cycle times while improving balance, lowering injection pressure and increasing dimensional repeatability + Tooling solutions to revitalize, recapitalize and rev up existing systems Get 50% more output from the same machine 96-CAVITY MICRO PITCH MOLD FOR 300T MACHINES Contact us today at: mpeteurope@moldmasters.com try to another – as well as common legislation. Legislation as regards adequate provision for collection systems, definitions and allocation of responsibilities, emphasis on post- consumer packaging, even enforce- ment”. Sabine Strnad was speaking for Coca Cola – but at the same time she reflected the PET industry as a whole. Astonishing, highly unusual, but also encouraging is that here we have an organisations“ in Eastern Europe and ”threat of state funds“ in Russia. Unsatisfactory attempts at recy- cling threaten the sustainability of the business as well as an entire indus- try. Sabine Strnad asks in despera- tion: “How can we enhance? How can we improve? If collection is left to the market, it will not happen”. She demands “Transparency along the entire value chain, comparable results, benchmarking from one coun-