On June 28, 2022, the Food Packaging Forum hosted a webinar to explore the knowns and unknowns around PET plastic as a food contact material in the circular economy.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles are commonly accepted in local or in-store recycling programs and many drinks producers are incorporating recycled PET (rPET) into their bottles. How are plastic bottles recycled? What is known about the chemical safety of rPET? And what does that mean for the future of PET recycling?
This webinar features scientists Eleni Iacovidou of Brunel University London, Olwenn Martin of University College London, and Loula Gerasimidou of Brunel University London. Together with other scientists, including from the Food Packaging Forum, they coauthored the study “Unpacking the complexity of the PET drink bottles value chain: A chemicals perspective” published in the peer-reviewed Journal Of Hazardous Materials in March 2022 (FPF reported). The study has been featured in The Guardian and elsewhere.
During the webinar, the scientists presented the study and then joined for an open discussion with the audience. The full recording of the webinar as well as the presenters’ slides are available via the links above.
