Italy allows bottled water manufacturers to use recycled PET

摘要

The Italian government will shortly be allowing bottled water manufacturers to use recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), according to a notification sent to the European Commission last month.rnIn a decree issued by the Italian Ministry of Health, this will be allowed if the bottles "contain at least 50 per cent" of rPET, only come into contact with "natural mineral water" and if producers notify the competent authority.