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Christmas may be well and truly over but I couldn't resist a last backward glance at the festivities and in particular a stunning Christmas tree designed by Jolanta Smidtiene of Kaunas, Lithuania. 14 metres tall, fashioned from over 32,000 green plastic bottles, and containing 40,000 lights, the Christmas tree dominated the main square of this Lithuanian city. [ News and pictures relating to this special Christmas tree ]
Perhaps it is a challenge for us all to see things sometimes from a different angle and to do what we can to use things that are generally accepted as not so good for ends which are good. Perhaps in the same way as Jolanta Smidtiene has succeeded in creating a shining emerald from bottles.
With this thought I wish you a good start to 2012! ... [ Read issue ]
Go to Brau-Beviale
PETpla.net insider is exploring the fast-growing East! The largest PET mission that we have ever undertaken: on board our "Editourmobil" we venture from the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre to distant Baku, and back just in time for the opening of Brau Beviale! [ More... ]
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PETplanet Pulse, the PET price index, is e-mailed on a monthly basis to all subscribers of the PETplanet Insider magazine as a complementary service to the beverage industry. The archive stretches back more than three years. [ Full archive ]
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PETplanet zoom
PETplanet Zoom has arrived - The first scientific analysis of PET bottles from the CSD, water and juice sectors world-wide, based on around 60 criteria and complete with a detailed evaluation of key factors such as weight, geometry, caps, preform manufacturers and information about the preform used.