Activities
Technical Working Group on Functional Barrier
Founded to respond to concerns about the safety of ABA co-extruded sheets in food contact applications.
WG members
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Technical experts from ALIPLAST, LINPAC, Klöckner Pentaplast, MP3, COEXPAN-Montonate & observers from two more member companies, coordinated by food contact experts from EuPC.
Activities
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Conduction of an anonymous survey to collect all available risk assessment analysis on ABA PET sheet.
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Drafting of a Harmonized Protocol for the Assessment of Functional Barrier Technology and exploring options to scientifically validate this protocol.
WG objective
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Obtaining a standardized, scientifically based protocol which can be used by PSE members to demonstrate the compliance for food contact of their products. Possible development towards a quality trademark.
Business Information System
Weekly updates and information provided to all PSE members:
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EU Policy Follower
European regulatory information for the plastics industry via the Polymer Comply Europe regulatory monitoring service
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PET News
Business & market information about the global and European PET industry
Other activities
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Setting the minimal technical and quality standards for PET sheets.
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Dialoguing with standardization authorities.
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Lobbying for technical standards.
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Monitoring of the activities in the field of PET sheets.
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Design and promotion of quality marks.
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Research-and-development and promotion activities, possibly with funding from the European communities.
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Development of new applications for the products in question.
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Commitment to recycled content - in average 70 % of rPET by 2025.
