{"id":66310,"date":"2019-09-09T07:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T05:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=66310"},"modified":"2019-09-05T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:22:56","slug":"pet-bottle-consumption-on-the-rise-new-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/pet-bottle-consumption-on-the-rise-new-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"PET bottle consumption on the rise, new research finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global demand for PET bottles is on the rise according to a report by analyst Wood Mackenzie<\/a>. The report also predicts a six-fold increase in demand for recycled PET (rPET) in Europe by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cPET bottle consumption is increasing,\u201d said Pieterjan Van Uytvanck, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie. \u201cAs shown in our report on the EU\u2019s single use plastics directive, in Europe it\u2019s now around 140 units per person, per year. In the US it\u2019s 290 units\u2026 Healthy living is one important driver. Put simply, people are choosing a bottle of water over a can of fizzy drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report\u2019s findings come despite the global demonisation of plastics. Wood Mackenzie acknowledges that plastics pollution is an important problem and that the single-use plastics water bottle has become \u2018a powerful symbol at the heart of the sustainability debate\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, instead of a decline in PET bottle consumption as a result of environmental concerns, Wood MacKenzie has found growth and the company is also predicting a significant increase in the demand for recycled PET.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2018, 19.7 million tonnes of food and beverage PET bottles were produced, with 845,000 tonnes mechanically recycled back into food and beverage bottles. By 2029, we predict that will reach 30.4m tonnes, with more than 3m tonnes mechanically recycled,\u201d Van Uytvanck explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemand for rPET is growing. The EU directive includes a target to incorporate 25 per cent of recycled content in all PET beverage bottles from 2025, increasing to 30 per cent from 2030. Leading brands such as Coca-Cola, Danone and PepsiCo have all called for a 50 per cent use of rPET in their bottles by 2030. We forecast a six-fold increase in demand for rPET in Europe by 2030 as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report finds that sustainability does not lie simply in swapping one form of packaging for another. \u201cThere\u2019s no easy answer to the plastics bottle debate,\u201d Van Uytvanck said. \u201cEach solution has its own challenges.<\/p>\n

He warned that \u201cpaper or card options typically have a polymer coating that can be challenging to recycle. Glass is heavy and inefficient to transport. Bioplastics have been criticised for diverting arable land from food crops, amongst other potential trade-offs to the environment. And will consumers pay for greener, but costlier alternatives for water on the go?\u201d<\/p>\n

Could aluminium be a contender to replace PET bottles? Van Uytvanck believes that the material\u2019s cost and weight issues remain prohibitive. According to Wood Mackenzie\u2019s analysis, the price of aluminium is currently around $1,750-1,800 per tonne. A 330ml can weighs around 16g. The polyester for PET costs around $1,000-1,200 per tonne and a PET water bottle weighs about 8-10g and holds 500ml.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the company\u2019s data shows a trend decline in the consumption of aluminium beverage packaging over the next ten years, except for a few emerging markets in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlastics material does cost less and go further. On a per-litre basis, a beverage will cost less to distribute, with less energy needed to transport it,\u201d Van Uytvanck concluded. \u201cIf the product is water, rather than a higher value beverage, the cost impact can be amplified. Additional costs are typically pushed along the value chain to the customer. Price sensitive consumers may not tolerate the increase, so brand owners may be forced to absorb the additional cost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Global demand for PET bottles is on the rise according to a report by analyst Wood Mackenzie. The report also predicts a six-fold increase in demand for recycled PET (rPET) in Europe by 2030. \u201cPET bottle consumption is increasing,\u201d said Pieterjan Van Uytvanck, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie. \u201cAs shown in our report on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16104,7105,10453],"supplier":[16103],"class_list":["post-66310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bottles","tag-packaging","tag-recycling","supplier-wood-mackenzie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66310"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=66310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}