PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2020

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 06/20 www.petpla.net Dear readers, With coronavirus restrictions practically the new normal, we at PETplanet have increased our online activity with the launch of our first PETcast as part of Editour. This has been produced by John Clark, Managing Director of Ant Packaging Pty Ltd, Bangalow, NSW, Australia. In it, the converter describes his business model and the impact coronavirus is having on the company. Our first webinar will take place on 28 May entitled “rPET in stretch-blow mould bottles” with special reference to EU Directive 2019/904. Under this legislation, bottlers must use 25% rPET in drinks’ bottles by 2025 and 30% rPET by 2030. The Directive also establishes quotas for fixed recycling and tethered caps. The webinar will examine how rPET influences the design and production of preforms and PET bottles and what bottle-to-bottle recycling looks like in practice. The event will be chaired by recycling expert, Mr Stefan Bock from ReduPET. Christoph Wöss from Erema will talk about bottle-to-bottle recycling and Arne Wiese from KHS Corpoplast will outline the challenges posed by rPET in stretch-blow moulding. We are already looking forward to our next PETinars on Inspection and Caps. Despite all the online activities, it is always nice to hold a printed version in your hands! Enjoy our June issue on recycling. Yours sincerely Alexander Büchler