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STARLINGER Recycling throughputs increased / Total worldwide installed rPET capacity reaches almost 330,000 t/y	13.12.2012
ASSOCIATIONS EuPR rebrands itself as Plastics Recyclers Europe / 160 delegates attend annual meeting held under the aegis of “Resource Efficiency for Plastics” / Updated strategy paper	28.11.2012
BIOPLASTICS EC's industrial policy favours bio-economy / Increasingly dynamic market / Largest global capacity in Asia and South America / Bio-PET drives development / Soft drink producers at the forefront of innovation	22.11.2012
FILM RECYCLING UK BPI: Combat export restrictions by increasing product recycled content / Focus on domestic market / "Recycling not going fantastically well"	18.10.2012
APPE Food-grade PET recycling joint venture with Coca-Cola Enterprises / Raising capacity at French recycling facility	10.10.2012
COCA-COLA Cooperating with India's JBF Industries to raise PET “PlantBottle” capacities / Building new bio-glycol plant in Brazil	04.10.2012
CHINA PET MARKET Close to 12m t turned out in 2011 / Price of chip exports abroad down year-on-year / First PET resin line installed in 1990 / New capacity expansion wave underway	17.09.2012
COCA-COLA EUR 12m investment in new PET bottle line in Kenya / Booming demand / Plans to launch local preform production in 2013	31.08.2012
PLASTIC FANTASTIC When bottles become music to the ears	24.08.2012
CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING GBP 12m investment to increase recycling activities / Raising capacity for food-grade material	14.08.2012
OCTAL Phase two of Salalah PET expansion complete / Ramping up to full nameplate capacity	10.08.2012
BIOPLASTICS Global market to grow 34% per year to 2016 / Largest growth in Europe and the Americas / BCC Research report	11.07.2012
BIO POLYESTER Coca-Cola, Ford, Heinz, Nike and Procter & Gamble form collaborative to accelerate development of products made from plant-based PET	11.06.2012
ECO PLASTICS Continuum bottle recycling jv with Coca-Cola officially opened / Setting new industry standards for sustainable packaging / New bottles from old within six weeks	17.05.2012
COCA-COLA Use of material in packaging to be reduced by 25% by 2020 / All bottles to include recycled and bio-based PET / Sustainability plan published	15.05.2012
ALPLA Contract to supply Mexican Coca-Cola bottler with 900m bottles per year / Sidel supplies the necessary blow-moulding machinery	03.05.2012
DANONE / AVANTIUM Second major development partnership for YXY technology / Commercialisation of PEF bottles	27.03.2012
COCA-COLA Plans to invest USD 1 bn in Mexico this year / Focus on sustainable packaging / Local recycling capacities doubled in wake of PetStar acquisition	16.02.2012
PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLING WRAP loan to increase capacity at Eco Plastics / Boost for non-bottle recycling / Complements previous support for Biffa Polymers	13.02.2012
COCA-COLA Deals with three biotechnology companies to speed up development of 100% bio-based “PlantBottle” / Virent, Gevo and Avantium to develop their respective technologies / Replacing petroleum-based PTA with plant-based PTA	20.12.2011
TITECH New PET flake separating systems to be used in Eco Plastics' expanded UK facility	01.12.2011
EVENTS BPF seminar on Plastics Recycling	12.10.2011
ECO PLASTICS Follow-up: Work started on PET recycling expansion / JV with Coca-Cola Enterprises named Continuum Recycling	26.09.2011
COCA-COLA “PlantBottle” packaging introduced for all 500ml bottles in the UK / Part of global rollout	22.09.2011
ECO PLASTICS Funding to support recycling expansion / Joint venture with Coca-Cola Enterprises on stream in 2012	25.07.2011