A circular economy blueprint for packaging and textiles in Europe
This report is the second in a series exploring circular economy pathways for PET packaging and polyester textiles in Europe. It provides a new evidence base, exploring future scenarios for the PET/polyester sector and the extent to which complementary application of interventions across the entire value chain could contribute towards a high-circularity, low-emissions economy from 2020 to 2040.
Interventions include a wide range of circular economy measures to slow consumption growth (PET/polyester elimination, product reuse and substitution with other advantageous materials), improved design for recyclability, increases in waste collection and sortation as well as the application of chemical recycling (in the form of depolymerisation) alongside mechanical recycling for PET/polyester waste.
