PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2020

7 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 21 No. 03/20 www.petpla.net ICIS Asian Recycling & Sustainability Conference postponed because of coronavirus The Asian Recycling & Sustainability confer- ence organised by ICIS has been postponed. The new date of the conference will be Friday 19 June (originally scheduled for February 19). The venue will remain as the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit. “The health and safety of our participants is of top priority which is why we have taken this decision.” says the statement of ICIS. The organiser announced that registered delegate places as well as booked rooms at the Hyatt Regency Bangkok will be automatically transferred to the new date of Friday 19 June. The one day event will focus on the theme “Seeking paths and working collaboratively to establish a circular economy road map in Asia” and aims get to the bottom of the issues related to the immensity of the plastic waste crisis, the strategies of producers and long-standing brand owners to explore and promote solutions and many more. www.icisevents.com Petcore Europe Conference 2020 focused on sustainability Each year the European PET value chain meets in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference. This year the two day conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Brussels Hotel to welcome more than 300 industry delegates. Under the theme “Circularity and Innovation - Shaping the future of PET”, the complete PET industry sector shared perspectives and strategies for a succesful and even more circular future on 5 and 6 February. From PET resin producers, masterbatch producers, packaging designers and manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, label producers to major brand owners, EPR schemes, waste management organisations, recyclers, waste sorting and recycling machinery manufacturers - the entire value chain was represented. Additionally, speakers and partici- pants from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Eunomia shared their thoughts on the PET market as well as the plastics industry in the Circular Economy. “Petcore Europe represents the entire PET value chain since 1993. The strength of the organisation is the engagement of over 90 participating member organisations working together on the circularity of PET through working groups and projects”, stated Stephen Short, President of Petcore Europe, when opening the conference. Trends and solutions in PET collection and recycling Gian de Belder from Procter & Gamble and Larry Logan from Digimarc presented the Holy Grail project on digital watermarks. Gian announced that several P&G brands will integrate digital watermarks with first ship- ments end of the year in Germany. We will report on this in detail in our forthcoming issue. www.petcore-europe.org NO. ONE-WAY PRODUCTION. YES. TOP QUALITY RECYCLING. How can your recycled product meet permanently increasing demands? With the CHT range of high performance process solutions with environmental relief for the wet chemical cleaning. We support you directly on site and ensure your quality controls in our laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. Thus, your strong position in the growing market is confirmed day by day. More about us at www.cht.com PLASTIC RECYCLING SHOW | 25 – 26 March 2020 PRS Amsterdam | hall 7 | booth B23