date:Jul 19, 2012
Growth in collection remained stable at 2% for the 27 EU countries and net exports of PET bales to the Far East fell for the third year running.
All but three of the surveyed countries have a collection rate above the 22.5% target rate for plastic recovery set by the Packaging Waste Directive and overall collection rate in 2011 was 51% of all PET bottles in the market.
Roberto Bertaggia, chairman of the Petcore board, said: The PET industry chain has worked with compliance agencies, national