Plastic packaging: Global evolution of pet bottles in a sustainability-focused world

Discusses the trends and influencers for PET bottles in the global retail consumer goods marketplace.
  • The PET bottle is strongly entrenched in the global packaging marketplace, with dynamic annual gains.
  • Milestone years are not far away for PET and the wider plastics industry as global promises include 25% recycled content by 2025 in Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy.
  • The EU is a region to watch, given corporate pledges and regulation via the Single-Use Plastic Directive’s targets on recovery and recycled PET (rPET) content.
  • Bottled water is set to account for half of all soft drinks consumed in 2020, where PET holds a flagship position, however, in this time of “plastic-free”, some gains for...

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