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 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Anthony Withers WikiPETia. info [email protected] MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | www.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualifi ed subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ subscription 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 identifi ed as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 10/21 www.petpla.net Dear readers, A lot in this issue revolves around PET recycling. When we included the topic in the planning last year, it was not clear to us how vigorously the topic is now being discussed not only in the professional world, but also by politicians and citizens. In Germany, for example, the big discounters Lidl and Aldi have created their own closed loop for recycling PET bottles. In addition to recyclable material recycling, chemical recycling is constantly being touted. “The chemical processing of plastic waste is actually old hat in the industry and yet it keeps on cropping up. At the moment it is hyped under the label of chemical recycling,” reports Dr Dirk Textor, chairman of the bvse-Fachverband Kunststoffrecycling. He believes that “chemical recycling is a new greenwashing campaign by the European plastics industry that should not be allowed to go through.” It is undisputed, he continued, that recycling is the better method. Chemical recycling is CO2 intensive. If we look at PET waste streams: the majority of the bottles arrive at the plant sorted by type, or can be sorted by type, so that they are suitable for recycling. Depending on the quality of the collection and the country, more or fewer PET bottles are left that have been thermally recycled up to now. Be it coloured bottles, be it multilayer bottles, etc. Here chemical recycling can defi nitely be a better alternative to incineration. For Dr Dirk Textor designing the packaging directly for recycling is certainly a viable option for general plastic packaging, but the advantages of the PET bottle, light, CO2-saving, and safe for some products can only be achieved through barrier layers. Stay well. Yours sincerely, Alexander Büchler
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