- Biocide legislation fully implemented: Laying down stricter rules for the use and disposal of biocide products, the European Regulation No528/2012 has set up specific requirements for the procedures of waste management of potentially harmful home insecticides, as well as their packaging. This new set of law is now fully implemented and it has encouraged a new approach among all stakeholders in home insecticides, including pest control workers who use these products.
- Recycled PET continues to develop: The integration of recycled PET (R-PET) in the production processes of new PET bottles continued to develop in 2016. Over the course of the last decade, there has been significant improvements seen in the collection of recycling streams in all the most industrialised countries and this is promising for the future of R-PET. By now, there is no significant difference between the chemical composition of virgin PET and R-PET as both materials allow bottles to be manufactured with the same technical characteristics.
- Recycling is very important for Italian consumers: Italian consumers are very keen on recycling and most people in the country now consider it to be very important. As a result, many of the leading players in the packaging market have responded by increasingly introducing packaging that is able to recycled and/or more easily recyclable.
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