38 EVENT PREVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 26 No. 03/25 www.petpla.net EVENTpreview PRS Europe 2025 The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe) returns to the RAI Amsterdam on April 1-2, 2025. The latest trends in the plastics recycling sector will be explored in depth, providing a holistic view of the whole plastic recycling value chain and drawing together political leaders, major brands, recyclers and the plastics recycling and manufacturing industry. Speakers from major brands & politics have announced their participation. In addition to the exhibition floor a packed two-day programme of informative and thought-provoking sessions will take place again in two theatres. The programme includes core sessions on overcoming the challenges in EU plastic recycling, unlocking key legislative files for the sector such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and building synergies between mechanical and chemical recycling. Also covered in depth will be the market outlook as well as future challenges and trends in achieving recycled content goals. Interactive panel discussions moderated by European plastics recycling subject matter experts will examine the global roadmap for plastics recycling, strategies to scale up collection and sorting, traceability in recycled content, and the latest innovations in recycling technologies. Dedicated materials focus sessions will tackle the state-of-play in the recycling of PET, polyolefin films, PVC, HDPE, PP, PS and ELV & WEEE. PETplanet has selected some technological highlights which will be presented at the show. www.prseventeurope.com Clear and white opaque PET bottle-to-bottle recycling Sukano will introduce the plastic recycling industry to its new masterbatches and compounds, which support recycling and enable a higher recycled content. At their booth, visitors can discover how their products excel in real-world applications. With over 35 years of experience in packaging, Sukano is developing recyclable and circular material solutions that significantly reduce CO2 emissions in packaging applications. One pivotal step to advance the plastics recycling revolution and achieve circularity in plastics is to realise bottle-to-bottle recyclability for rPET. Sukano offers masterbatches for PET and recycled PET white opaque milk bottles. Sukano white opaque masterbatches enhance surface whiteness while maintaining opacity and light barrier properties for fresh and flavoured milk, extended shelf life (ESL), and UHT dairy PET bottles. They are suitable for monolayer or multilayer ISBM technology, says Sukano. The masterbatches were submitted for recycling trial simulations at PTI’s certified packaging performance testing labs, following the conditions specified by the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) protocol. The results proved that the masterbatches designed by Sukano maintain material properties, functionality, and production rates. The melt showed a stable white colour, and the light barrier integrity was confirmed even under extreme conditions. Sukano also enables the incorporation of rPET into bottles. When virgin PET is partially replaced with white opaque rPET (rPETo), the bottle surface whiteness drops. Sukano addresses this with tailored light protection and whiteness solutions for bottles using up to 50% rPETo. With expertise in clear rPET, rPETo, and customised solutions, Sukano helps converters and brand owners produce closed-loop recyclable white dairy bottles. www.sukano.com Sukano Booth G118
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