Matt Tudball, Senior Editor, Recycling talks to Carolina Perujo Holland, Senior Analyst Plastics Recycling for EMEA, and Salmon Aidan Lee, Principle for Recycled and Virgin Polyesters in Asia about their highlights from the 2026 PETCORE Europe Annual Conference. The event took place on 5-6 February in Rome, with a packed audience covering both the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and recycled PET (rPET) markets, and much more.
Highlights include:
- Global PET and polyester overcapacity
- Recycling as both challenge and opportunity
- EU regulation and uncertainty
- Imports and trade impacts
- Emerging sustainability drivers across markets
- Rapid developments in Asia’s recycling landscape