Resources

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) represents companies who acquire, reprocess and sell the by-product post-consumer plastic processing in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Their goal is simple – they want to increase the amount of plastic material that is recycled in North America.

PET Recycling Applications

• Critical Guidance Document
• Applications Guidance for PET and HDPE
• PET Thermoform Test for Adhesives and Labels
• PET Shrink Sleeve Test
• Testing Degradable Additives for PET Recycling Application
• Bleeding Label Test
• 2013 National Post Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Repor

NAPCOR is the trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry. PTI assists its members in promoting the introduction and use of PET packaging, facilitates in its recycling and helps to communicate the attributes of the PET container as an environmentally sustainable package.

• 2011 Napcor Report
  
  
  

Petcore is a non-profit European association fostering the use and development of PET containers and facilitating both PET recycling and the development of recycled material.

European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) - PTI's European customers are provided guidance and testing services based on these protocols.

• EPBP PET Recycling Test Protocol

• Designing for recycling guidelines