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7 XI 2025 - Watercooler Europe Fair in Milano

 

19 XII 2024 - Commission adopts ban of Bisphenol A in food contact materials

 

11 X 2024 - WE conference and trade fair in Bucharest

 

9 II 2024 - European Commission published a proposal to ban BPA for food container material

 

11 I 2024 - BPA in food containers in France: almost €20 million in fines

 

22 XI 2023 - European Parliament adopts amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation including bisphenol A ban

 

16 XI 2023 - Ellen MacArthur Foundation published a study about returnable packaging opportunities including the beverages

 

27 X 2023 - WE conference & trade fair in Vienna

 

14 IX 2023 - EEA reports about today human exposure to BPA

 

19 IV 2023 - EFSA sets a lower BPA tolerable daily intake and concludes BPA is a health risk

 

2023 - Links to follow Europe policy about BPA

 

19 IV 2022 - Vöslauer reduces carbon footprint with returnable PET bottle

 

2022 Autumn - Meet us at WE fair in Lisbon - NEW DATES!

 

22 XII 2021 - BPA: EFSA draft opinion

 

6 IV 2021 - 11 litre PET refillable bottle

 

7 I 2021 - Viki Plast becomes a part of the WISECAP group

 

7 XII 2020 - Independent analysis reveals reusable packaging up to 85% more climate-friendly than single-use

 

4 X 2020 - Solving Plastic Pollution | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough & Dame Ellen MacArthur

 

15 VII 2020 - Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa shows the way…

 

20 V 2020 - A new scientific study, undertaken as part of the CLARITY-BPA project

 

8 IV 2020 - Carbios report about its enzyme to recycle the PET

 

2020 autumn - Meet us at WE fair in Lisbon - NEW DATES NEXT 2020 2021 AUTUMN 2022 EASTER AUTUMN!

 

13 II 2020 - Plastic recycle option: pavement!

 

10 I 2020 - New production location for PET preform

 

15 X 2019 - Rethink Plastic

 

20 IX 2019 - EU court confirms BPA as endocrine disruptor

 

21 VI 2019 - Heat wave: the App you need

 

27 III 2019 - EU parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021

 

24 I 2019 - Refillable packaging: A major trend

 

2019 autumn - Meet us at WE fair in Berlin

 

29 X 2018 - New plastics economy global commitment

 

12 IX 2018 - Petcore Europe published a PET factsheet

 

2018 autumn - Meet us at WE fair in Ireland

 

20 VII 2018 - Huffpost article about BPA research in USA

 

14 VI 2018 - Opportunity for HOD water business

 

28 V 2018 - Proposal for EU directive on single-use plastics

 

8 III 2018 - Meet us during BWCA conference & trade show

 

12 II 2018 - UE increased the restrictions with respect to Bisphenol A

 

20 IX 2017 - Give your feedback to European Commission about next BPA regulation!

 

2017 autumn - Join us at DRINKTEC and WE

 

19 VI 2017 - ECHA classified BPA as a presumed human reproductive toxicant

 

19 VI 2017 - HODMETER is in PET Planet (n°6 2017)

 

13 I 2017 - BPA added to the REACH candidate list

 

5 VII 2016 - An extra ring for our preform

 

17 III 2016 - Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 eats PET

 

9 III 2016 - RIVM recommends more stringent EU standards BPA

 

2 X 2015 - 5-gallon PET bottles in Alger Carrefour

 

17 IX 2015 - French Constitutional Council modified the law banishing BPA

 

1 VII 2015 - Hot days: French government information

 

29 V 2015 - Ineris website about BPA alternatives

 

11 V 2015 - BPA listed as know to the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity

 

24 IV 2015 - PET bottle from 11-litre to 5-gallon

 

11 II 2015 - Side handle update: now 100% PET

 

21 I 2015 - Bisphenol A: EFSA scientific opinion

 

16 I 2015 - Doubts about co-polyesters replacing PC

 

12 I 2015 - EU and its member states clash over BPA and phthalates

 

1 IX 2014 - Greif & Hodmeter

 

24 IX 2014 - PET bottle production in Alger

 

25 VIII 2014 - BPA and food intolerance

 

2 IV 2014 - ECHA changes its opinion about BPA

 

3 III 2014 - Distribution in Curitiba

 

17 I 2014 - BPA: EFSA annoucement

 

21 X 2013 - Coca Cola Deutschland

 

7 X 2013 - Opinion summarizing today BPA issue

 

18 IX 2013 - Facts about BPA

 

31 VII 2013 - FDA reviews its position with BPA

 

17 III 2013 - Refillable bottles are back in Paris