Circular Economy

ARGAL achieves the ECOSENSE certificate

CAPRICHO renews its ECOSENSE certificate

ENTREPINARES achieves the ECOSENSE certification

Barriers and opportunities in the circularity of thermoformed PET containers
The next few years will be crucial to remove barriers and take advantage of the opportunities for circularity that the thermoformed PET containers offer

PLASTIC SENSE closes the loop of the thermoformed PET containers in Europe through its certification schemes
The Plastic Sense Foundation expects to have 25 ECOSENSE certified facilities by the end of 2020, with facilities certified in Italy and France.

Myths & Facts about PET tray recycling
In June, the PLASTIC SENSE Foundation has organized a series of three webinars focused on the sustainability of the PET tray

The United Nations assesses the environmental labelling of plastic packaging
The United Nations Environment Programme publishes a global study on plastic packaging labelling

The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation organises two webinars about the ECOSENSE and the RETRAY certifications
The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation organizes two free webinars on ECOSENSE certification and RETRAY certification.

Recognition to companies in the PET tray value chain on Global Recycling Day
On Global Recycling Day, the Plastic Sense Foundation wishes to point out the great work of the companies in the value chain of thermoformed PET tray.

The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation joins the Circular Plastics Alliance
The Plastic Sense Foundation has joined the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA), an initiative of the European Commission to increase the volume of recycled plastic in the European market

New ECOSENSE companies
We welcome the new ECOSENSE companies

ANAIP and the PLASTIC SENSE Foundation have signed an agreement to support recycling promotion
ANAIP and the PLASTIC SENSE Foundation have signed a collaboration agreement focused on the mutual support of their activities to promote the recycling of plastics and the use of recycled material by the plastic processing companies

PETCORE EUROPE Conference 2020 “Circularity and Innovation – Shaping the future of PET”
The Plastic Sense Foundation willattend the annual PETCORE EUROPE Conference, that will be hold 5&6 February in Brussels.

Switching from colour to clear transparent, the great leap forward
Transparency of the thermoformed PET trays, as well as PET bottles, is no longer an option but a necessity for guaranteeing its recyclability.

The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation publishes the guidelines to ensure the recyclability of thermoformed PET trays
THE PLASTIC SENSE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES THE GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THE RECICLABILITY OF THERMOFORMED PET TRAYS

The Plastic Sense Foundation, associated entity with PACKNET
The Spanish Technological Platform of Packing and Packaging joins over 80 companies, business organizations, research centres and independent freelancers

EVERTIS IBERICA, the new ECOSENSE company
The industrial facilities at Portalegre (Portugal) of the sheet producer EVERTIS IBÉRICA has obtained the ECOSENSE certificate

CAMPOFRÍO, first packager of refrigerated pizza to obtain the ECOSENSE certificate
Campofrío’s facilities for refrigerated pizza packaging have obtained the ECOSENSE certificate, which guarantees that the pizza trays incorporate recycled material from the recycling of plastic waste.

Professor Kim Ragaert rehabs plastics
Professor Kim Ragaert explains how to rehabilitate plastic as a material in order to reconcile with it. She also compares plastic recycling with glass and paper.

STP, FORMASPACK and GOIKOA, the new ECOSENSE companies
The companies SHEET-PACK, FORMAS PACK and GOIKOA join the ECOSENSE certification In the second quarter of 2019

MeetingPack 2019, sustainability of barrier packaging
The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation collaborated in the preparation of the Meeting Pack 2019 Congress and participates as a speaker in the session “Ecodesign, recyclability and certification”.

ELPOZO ALIMENTACIÓN, the first company in the meat sector with ECOSENSE certificate
The company continues to advance in the framework of the circular economy, expanding its environmental commitment to packaging with the ECOSENSE certification.

SP Group renews its ECOSENSE certificate
ST Group, the first company to obtain the ECOSENSE certification, in 2017, has passed the biennial inspection successfully.

The Plastic Sense Foundation will take part as a speaker in Meeting Pack 2019
The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation will participate as a speaker in Meeting Pack 2019 to present the advances in the production and recycling of the PET food tray.

The European Parliament approves measures to reduce marine litter
The European Plastics Strategy will ban the manufacture of non-recyclable products, penalize pollution and encourage the recycling of plastic products..

European policies for a Circular Economy on plastic production
The European Commission publishes a report on the existing political and economic decisions on a circular economy for plastics.

The Plastic Sense Foundation joins the Circular Economy Pact
The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation has joined the Circular Economy Pact from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, which has already signed by more than 300 companies in Spain.