PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2015

EDITOUR REPORT 19 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 04/15 www.petpla.net EDITOUR REPORT 19 Save RAW MATERIALS reduced plastic volumes Save ENERGY less energy consumption Save TROUBLE more quality and higher performance, guaranteed by a sole supplier Full INSPECTED online quality control / stand alone With Sacmi, the beverage specialists are always at your side. With our unbeatable technological know-how and continuous research we are creating new containers and closures designed to ensure outstanding performance. The new IPS injection system for preforms, the CCM compression press for caps and the quality control systems fully designed and built by Sacmi, allows for large-scale production with considerable advantages in terms of efficiency and flexibility. The outcome? Reduced plastic volumes, less energy consumption and lower running costs.All in a bottle: the one you’ll soon be making. Preform & Closure technologically together GULFCAN, 14/16.04.15 - Dubai UAE DJAZAGRO, 20/23.04.15 - Algiers ALGERIA CHINAPLAS, 20/23.05.15 -#4.1 C41 - Guangzhou CHINA IRAN FOOD + BEV TEC, 26/29.05.15 - Tehran IRAN EXPOPACKMEXICO,16/19.06.15-#2636- CiudaddeMéxicoMEXICO PROPAK ASIA, 17/20.06.15 - Bangkok THAILAND ROSUPACK, 16/19.06.2015 - Moscow RUSSIA litres which are increasingly coming to replace tap water. Surveys are therefore forecasting a future growth rate for packaged water of more than 10%. One aspect of this is that a slight decline in consumption of CSDs such as Coca- Cola may occur, because attitudes as regards healthy eating are showing a trend away from soft drinks and towards more healthy beverages such as water and juice and, as far as the latter is concerned, this is leading to greater readi- ness to invest in the hot fill sector of the pro- gramme. Coca-Cola, for example, has already switched to hot fill for juices. Also, according to our interviewees, PET is poised to assume a higher status in the milk market in the coming years. Here the propor- tion of PET bottles is still marginal However, the market dominated by cartons may (or so the sector estimates) experience a boom in packag- ing, if major players such as Danone or Nestlé enter the market aggressively. Forecasters also expect a combination of higher purchas- ing power and greater availability will continue to spur on the Moroccan drinks market in the future. At present Morocco produces around 100,000 tonnes of preforms per year, corre- sponding to an estimated average of 3.5 billion preforms. By contrast to this the capacity on the machine side is around 120,000 tonnes or 4.2 billion preforms. According to PET Morocco the three main processors of PET resin are CMB Plastique with 60%, APPE with 30% and PET Morocco with 10%. Again and again the topic of recycling forms part of the discussion when it comes to market trends. Basically, this is one sector where Morocco is still on a learning curve. There is a lack of any clear political framework to promote recycling as well as any comprehensive infra- structure in the waste collection and separation sector. If any recycling takes place at all, it hap- pens as a rule through the processing industry. More than 450,000 tonnes of plastic waste are involved of which, however, only around 26,000 tonnes are recycled. As is also the case in Tunisia, for exam- ple, some illegal landfill sites do exist on which tonnes of the most diverse forms of waste collect without any controls – and the trend is rising. In addition, waste incineration is also a problem. In order to build up a sustainable waste manage- ment system the World Bank has made more than US$270 available to the government with the aim of achieving a 20% increase in recycling by 2020. However, what is really needed is a fundamental change of attitude regarding waste disposal and the added value that may accrue from it, and of course, there needs to be a close look at the infrastructure.