Petcore Europe

13/10/2026

📢 "We have really challenging requirements for the food safety legislation." - says Blanka Szilvassy - expert on food contact materials, Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office.

To watch the entire interview ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/5w8r5yh7

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13/10/2026

📢 PETCORE EUROPE is launching a Call for Papers on Innovation within the PETCORE EUROPE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2027 in partnership with ICIS.

During our two-days event we will host a session allowing Industry to present their innovative projects. This initiative aims to highlight pioneering solutions accelerating the implementation of PET circularity across the value chain.

📒 Suggested Innovation Topics:

♻️ Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Circularity Across the PET Value Chain

♻️ Traceability and verification solutions for recycled content

♻️ Quality and performance enhancement for recycled PET

♻️ Analytical methods supporting recycled content determination and/or food safety

♻️ Innovative Collection Systems to Increase PET Bottle Collection and Circularity

♻️ Advanced Recycling Technologies to Enhance PET Circularity

♻️ Advanced Depolymerization Technologies to Enable PET Circularity

♻️ Solutions accelerating PET Thermoforms recycling

♻️ Other Innovative Solutions Accelerating Progress Towards Full PET Circularity

The more an innovation supports full PET circularity the more likely it will be selected!

📢 The call for innovation papers is open to all participants & the

submission deadline is the 12th of November 2026.

All Practical Information Is Available Here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/4ydd42ad

12/10/2026

📢 Save the date: 4 November 2026 | 14:00 CET

Last month, PETCORE EUROPE and KÖR announced the launch of GENI — the General NIAS Project. The PET industry’s first shared food contact safety intelligence initiative, GENI brings interlaboratory testing data together to build a clearer, collective picture of food contact substances across the value chain.

Now, we’re opening the floor. Join our inaugural webinar to go beyond the announcement:

🔬 What GENI is and why collective monitoring matters for the future of PET food safety and circularity

⚙️ How the platform bringing testing data together work, including a live look at the reporting dashboards

🤝 How the consortium is structured and what joining involves

💬 30 minutes of open Q&A

📒 Moderated by Raphaël Jaumotte, PETCORE EUROPE

♻️ Recyclers, converters, virgin resin producers, brand owners, this one is for you!

📢 Register for free ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/mrccb4kr

08/10/2026

📢 "PPWR for the PET industry is both an opportunity but also a challenge." - says Ermis Panagiotopoulos, Chairman at the ADVOCACY WG at PETCORE EUROPE.

To watch the entire interview ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOI8CW5ADLQ

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07/10/2026

📢 "If you look to the European level, we do need more recycling infrastructure on a local scale as well, also in combination with a good economical model so that you make sure that recycled ET is financially competitive with the Virgin PT."

To learn more about Recycle The One ➡️ www.recycletheone.com

To watch the entire video ➡️ https://youtube.com/shorts/daW0Nn0K154

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06/10/2026

Exciting News Alert! 📢 We’re proud to announce that Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, will deliver the keynote speech at our upcoming ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2027 in partnership with ICIS.



📅 10 – 11 February 2027, ROME



📢 Early Birds Fees are available until 23 October ONLY ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hk6LLb



To stay updated, please check out our dedicated website ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eK2hgcUF .

02/10/2026

📢 "All this exercise from the collection to the depolymerisation or mechanical recycling is extremely expensive & highly capitale intensive process." - says Christian Crépet, Ambassador and honorary member of the Board at Petcore Europe.

To watch the entire interview ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2zzepfdu

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01/10/2026

📢 “PPWR is now in force. It applies to all packaging. Most thermoformed packaging is made on-site — where food or goods are packed — combining different components: Base sheet for thermoforms, lidding films, printing, labels…...

Yet many packers and retailers are still not fully aware of how this affects their packaging and packaged products. At PETCORE EUROPE, we have the right platform for that: TCEP, the Thermoformed Packaging Circularity Evaluation Platform. It verifies whether your packaging meets the circularity requirements set by the regulation — using science-based procedures and independent laboratories to evaluate the pack and all its components. We invite all stakeholders — packers, retailers, sheet and film producers, resin, masterbatches and additive suppliers — to work with us on your packaging's recyclability and circularity assessment.” - Jose Antonio Alarcon, member of the Technical Committee at TCEP.



🔗 If you are keen to learn more regarding TCEP, follow this link

➡️ www.tcep-europe.org

30/09/2026

📢 "Over 75% of PET bottles are sorted for recycling in Europe. But to complement recycling, new European laws require that by 20-30 at least 10% of packaging must be reusable."

To learn more about Recycle The One ➡️www.recycletheone.com

To watch the entire video ➡️ https://youtu.be/gISd0LlMPTQ

30/09/2026

📢 Last chance to Sign Up ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQmt5-Mr for the upcoming online event: "Industry Associations Vision for regulation that supports Circularity, Investments and Competitiveness".



🗓️ 7 OCTOBER

⏲️ 2:00-4:00 PM CET

📢 Free for PETCORE EUROPE's members only!



♻️ We plan to look into ways to create a more robust European market through efficient regulation. The European Packaging Regulations are become more sophisticated because of a number of issues that focus on promoting a circular economy, minimizing single-use plastics and packaging waste, and fighting plastic pollution. This webinar brings together experts in Food Packaging, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, and Sustainability Policies. Don't pass up the opportunity to discover more about the European laws that promote investment, competitiveness, and circularity!



📒 Check out our Agenda & Speakers right here ➡️ https://l1nq.com/zlf3eo7.