TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 11/23 www.petpla.net 29 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 29 higher costs on EU producers and the EU needs to protect the sector against potential fake declarations of producers from outside the EU. PETplanet: What are you working on right now and what are your priorities for the year ahead? Antonello Ciotti: Well, obviously the ongoing regulation is taking up a lot of bandwidth. There is still much that needs to be ironed out and we are looking forward to greater clarification as we move into 2024. In theory, PPWR could even represent a potential opportunity for our sector as PET is the only packaging product that could easily enter into reuse. We will have to wait and see. Meanwhile, increasing the circularity of trays is a priority as is demonstrating this to the EU institutions. We are spending a great deal of time in emphasising the circularity of PET trays alongside PET bottles and have held a number of events, including a Thermoforms conference in Bologna last summer. We are also leading a consortium of thermoforming companies and working hard to get recognition for trays. Advocacy continues to be an important part of our work and we are setting up a new advocacy working group to address this and calling for members to join and take an active role. 2024 will be a changeover year in Brussels with a new European Parliament in early summer and a new Commission by the end of the year. It will be important for us to reach out to the new intake of people and explain our industry and our material. They need to understand the value that the industry brings and also what has been achieved so far in terms of circularity. We stand ready to take up our responsibility but need clear guidelines. Take chemical recycling for example – it presents a huge opportunity but we need reassurance that making financial investments now will not be a waste. The focus and mission of Petcore remain the same: to show that we are the voice of the PET value chain in Europe and to ensure a growing market for the PET sector by demonstrating the material’s unique characteristics to legislators, brand owners and consumers alike. PETplanet: Thank you so much, Antonello, see you in Brussels! www.petcore-europe.org The shortest cut to success With SACMI, you can convert to tethered cap production effectively without compromising productivity. This solution ensures cost-effective slitting operations. -RRSZEXI TVSƼXEFP] W[MXGL XS XIXLIVIH GETW [MXL 7%'1- sacmi.com E N D L E S S I N N O V A T I O N S I N C E 1 9 1 9
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