The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) takes on a strategic liaison position at the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
Brussels, 5th of June, 2025: The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP), an industry initiative aiming at driving the circular economy for the PET bottle value chain, has become a liaison organisation to the Technical Committee on packaging within the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).
Argiris Dabanlis, Technical Manager of EPBP, stated: “This liaison role is an important recognition of EPBP’s contribution to advancing PET bottle circularity in Europe. It is a great opportunity for EPBP to bring its extensive expertise to CEN’s discussions on packaging circularity and continue helping companies in the PET bottle industry to design PET bottles for recycling on the path to circularity.”
The recently adopted Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requests the Commission to take the standards developed by European standardisation organisations into consideration when establishing the future design for recycling criteria, thereby highlighting the critical role to be played by CEN in supporting the process.
Through its work at CEN, EPBP aims to further enhance recyclability and circularity of these bottles to enable high-quality recycling, which is key to ensuring that used PET bottles are recycled into new ones (bottle-to-bottle recycling). This reinforces EPBP’s commitment to supporting the European PET bottle industry in boosting PET bottle recycling to accelerate the transition to full circularity.
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About EPBP
The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) provides PET bottle design guidelines for recycling and offers PET bottle producers an independent and confidential evaluation of the recyclability of their packaging solutions and technologies during their R&D phase where adjustments can still be made to mitigate recycling challenges. EPBP also facilitates understanding of the impact of new PET bottle innovation on recycling processes. www.epbp.org
EPBP is an industry initiative supported by Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), PETCORE EUROPE and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe.
About CEN
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical documents in relation to various kinds of products, materials, services and processes. www.cencenelec.eu/about-cen