European PET collection rates are closing in on a 50% figure after rates rose across the continent in 2009, according to new figures.
According to Petcore, the European body that represents PET recycling, said that the overall collection rate had risen to 48.4% in 2009, up from 46% in 2008.
In terms of end markets, the figures showed that exports to the Far East had fallen slightly to 16% of all collected PET.
Sales of flake to the PET sheet market represented 27% of usage, while 22% went to blowmoulding and 7% went to strapping applications.
The organization said that collections of PET bottles rose by more than 8% to 1.4m tonnes, and it estimated the current mechanical capacity to recycle was around 1.6m tonnes of PET bottles annually.
However, the figures also showed that reusable PET represented only 75% of the total weight collected, with caps and labels making up a growing proportion due to lightweighting initiatives for the bottles themselves.
(Abby)
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