The pan-European PET bottle industry and its supply chain have formed Forum PET Europe, to unify the sector from resin production to end of life, promote recycling and minimise risk.
Founding federation members are the PET associations of France (Elipso) and Germany's IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen and the company Logoplaste, representing Portugal.
Its stated goals are to create an ‘innovation-friendly environment’ for PET bottles, and ‘promote high quality recycling and minimise reputation risks’. Further, it will act as a platform to discuss market and regulatory issues in the European Union.
The President of Forum PET Europe is Jean-Marc Rostagno, Director Northern Europe of Artenius PET Packaging. Marcel de Botton, Chairman of Logoplaste, was elected Vice President, reprising his role as founding member of European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and the Portuguese ‘green dot’ organisation Sociedade Ponto Verde.
