Next April, the United Kingdom will be the first country to begin applying a tax on plastic packaging. Spain and Italy will be the only European countries that, in the short term (2023), will begin to apply a tax on plastic packaging.

The sheet producer BENZAPLASTIC S.L. and the thermoformer INDESLA S.L. are the first companies to achieve the RETRAY Process certification for their facilities in Alcalá la Real and Biar (Spain), respectively.

it is clear the necessity of certification tools, such as RETRAY Process and RETRAY Product, by companies in the value chain of thermoformed PET containers, both in order to verify the recycled plastic content in the packaging as to justify the application of bonuses to the modulations of financial contributions before the SCRAP

Thermoformed multilayer PET containers have been on the market for years because they have proven to be a totally effective solution in terms of sealing and barrier function. The use of additives in mono-material should not compromise the value chain for recycling

Salumifio Fratelli Riva is dedicated to the production and marketing of cooked cold meat for its own brand and distribution brand. Giuseppe Riva, CEO of the company, talks about the past, present and prospects of the company.

Embutidos Monells is dedicated to the production and marketing of cooked cold meat in different formats of pieces and slices of both its own brand and distribution brand. María Ángeles Sebastiá González, director manager, talks about the past, present and prospects of the company.

ECOBOX LORCA S.L. achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its facilities in Lorca (Spain), on implementing its strategy alignment with packaging sustainability

The Plastic Sense Foundation thanks the entities that make up the Platform EsPlasticos and that have made possible the Plastic Museum.

EVERTIS’ family business started from an interest in innovation through plastic solutions. 60 years later, the ECOSENSE company, pioneer in PET film extrusion, has become a global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions.

NIVAPLAST achieves the approval for the ECOSENSE-RETRAY scheme for its facilities in Dolar (Granada, Spain) and joins the great commitment of the PET thermoformed packaging sector on tray-to-tray recycling.

AMB achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its two facilities in Italy, San Daniele del Friuli and Amaro, and it stands out as the first PET sheet producer in Italy to obtain the certificate.

CIRCULARIS achieves the approval for the ECOSENSE-RETRAY scheme for its facilities in Les Franqueses del Vallès (Barcelona, Spain).

BOSTIK ’s selected Vitel® sealing polyesters and M-Resins® reclosing adhesive achieved certification of compliance with the Recyclability Guidelines for Thermoformed PET Trays published by the PLASTIC SENSE Foundation

Fleury Michon LS achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its facilities in Chantonnay and it stands out as the first company in France to obtain the certificate.

Salumificio Fratelli Riva achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its facility in Molteno and it stands out as the first company in Italy to obtain the certificate.

Innovation has always been the driving force behind SP GROUP, the first sheet producer to obtain the ECOSENSE certificate in 2017. Francisco Bernal, CEO of the company, talks about the past, present and future prospects of the firm and the sector.

PET tray wins: Why the use of Polypropylene (PP) in food trays is hardly ever an environmentally sound decision

EMBUTIDOS MONELLS, a benchmark in the Spanish market of cooked cold meat, achieves the ECOSENSE certificate for its facilities in Seva (Spain).

ARGAL achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its facilities in Miralcamp (Spain), on implementing its strategy alignment with packaging sustainability.

CAPRICHO ANDALUZ renews successfully the ECOSENSE certification for its facilities in Cordoba (Spain) and maintains the distinction as first company in the oil sector to achieve the certificate

ENTREPINARES Group achieves the ECOSENSE certification for its facilities in Valladolid (Spain) and it stands out as the first company in the cheese sector to obtain the certificate.

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

The Plastic Sense Foundation expects to have 25 ECOSENSE certified facilities by the end of 2020, with facilities certified in Italy and France.

In June, the PLASTIC SENSE Foundation has organized a series of three webinars focused on the sustainability of the PET tray

The United Nations Environment Programme publishes a global study on plastic packaging labelling

The PLASTIC SENSE Foundation organizes two free webinars on ECOSENSE certification and RETRAY certification.

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 has joined the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA), an initiative of the European Commission to increase the volume of recycled plastic in the European market

We welcome the new ECOSENSE companies

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

The Plastic Sense Foundation willattend the annual PETCORE EUROPE Conference, that will be hold 5&6 February in Brussels.

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 RECICLABILITY OF THERMOFORMED PET TRAYS

The Spanish Technological Platform of Packing and Packaging joins over 80 companies, business organizations, research centres and independent freelancers

The industrial facilities at Portalegre (Portugal) of the sheet producer EVERTIS IBÉRICA has obtained 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 explains how to rehabilitate plastic as a material in order to reconcile with it. She also compares plastic recycling with glass and paper.

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

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”.

The company continues to advance in the framework of the circular economy, expanding its environmental commitment to packaging with the ECOSENSE certification.

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

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 Plastics Strategy will ban the manufacture of non-recyclable products, penalize pollution and encourage the recycling of plastic products..

The European Commission publishes a report on the existing political and economic decisions on a circular economy for plastics.

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.