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26.01.2026

New record for PET to PET 2025 balance sheet: 1.34 billion bottles processed

· 33,675 tonnes of high-quality PET beverage bottles were successfully recycled in 2025 – this represents an increase in production volume of around 7% compared to the previous year (2024: 31,354 tonnes) and a new all-time high
· Challenging conditions: An initial sharp increase in processing volumes due to single-use deposit systems in neighbouring EU countries and Austria was followed by consumer reluctance in the second half of the year
· Price differences between primary and secondary goods and increasing cheap imports of secondary raw materials from non-EU countries are a growing problem
· Investments at the company's site: High-quality metal separation system for detecting and removing contaminants from beverage cans and a new 140 m³ silo for additional storage capacity successfully put into operation
· Outlook for 2026: Further automation steps planned in the washing plant and plant feeding

28.08.2025

Record level for PET to PET half-year balance sheet: 18,403 tons of PET bottles recycled

• 18,403 tons of PET beverage bottles were successfully kept in the resource cycle in the first half of 2025 – an increase of 14.5% compared to the previous year (first half of 2024: 16,071 tons).
• PET to PET recorded solid growth in processing volume after a slight decline last year.
• Reason: Introduction of the single-use deposit system improves material and recyclate quality.
• Outlook for 2025: Quality adjustments and modernization of the brand image will be followed by silo expansion at the company's Müllendorf site.

17.06.2025

PET to PET Recycling celebrates open day

- PET to PET in Müllendorf has been producing new PET beverage bottles from old ones for 18 years.
- Every year, around 1.3 billion PET bottles or around 33,000 tons of PET material pass through the unique bottle-to-bottle cycle.
- At the open day, the company provided an insight into the recycling process.
- Numerous guests from the worlds of politics and business - including Burgenland state parliament members Robert Hergovich and Margit Paul-Kientzl, Georg Knill (President of the Federation of Austrian Industries), Andreas Wirth (President of the Burgenland Chamber of Commerce) and Werner Huf (Mayor of Müllendorf) accepted the invitation.

16.01.2025

2024: PET to PET recycled 1.25 billion bottles

• 31,354 tonnes of PET beverage bottles were successfully kept in the bottle-to-bottle cycle in 2024 - this corresponds to a slight decline in production volume of -2.8% compared to the previous year (2023: 32,283 tonnes)
• Reasons for the developments: large price differences between virgin PET and expensive rPET as well as ongoing cost pressure
• PET to PET invested in company site: 225 m2 office building successfully put into operation
• Measures for one-way deposit system underway: Production plant is being adapted to the changed quality and an additional 140 m³ silo is being built for further storage capacity

01.10.2024

Pioneer of the circular economy: PET to PET presents its first sustainability report

In order to provide even more transparency with regard to the resource-saving measures implemented at the site, PET to PET has prepared its first sustainability report for 2023 in accordance with GRI standards.

13.08.2024

PET to PET mid-term balance: 16,071 tonnes of PET beverage bottles successfully recycled

• 16,071 tonnes of high-quality PET beverage bottles were recycled in the first half of 2024 - a decrease of 9% compared to the previous year (first half 2023: 17,755 tonnes)
• Long-term analysis shows continued constant growth in recycling volumes
• Reasons for the trend in 2024: strong cost pressure in the industry, high price level and recyclates significantly more expensive than virgin material
• Despite difficult framework conditions, the use of recyclate for beverage bottles is at a high level and, at more than 40%, already exceeds the EU targets for 2030 (30%)
• Preparations underway for single-use deposit system from 2025: PET to PET invests in site with expansion of building space

30.01.2024

PET to PET annual balance sheet 2023: PET to PET recycles 1.3 billion bottles annually

High energy costs and cheap primary raw materials posed challenges for the recycling industry in 2023. Nevertheless, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH in Müllendorf was able to maintain the recycling volume at a similarly high level compared to the previous year at 32,283 tons, around 1.3 billion bottles (2022: 32,900 tons). With a view to the introduction of the one-way deposit system from 2025, PET to PET is already taking decisive measures at the site and is having additional storage silos, office buildings and workshops built to expand capacity.

19.07.2023

Recycling record for PET to PET: 17,700 tons in the first half of 2023

• 17,755 t of PET beverage bottles were successfully returned to the resource cycle in the first half of the year - an increase of more than 17 percent compared to the previous year
• PET to PET is currently building a PV plant in Müllendorf with an area of 6,400 m² and an output of 1,200 kWp
• Minimum recycling quota from 2025 already fulfilled today thanks to the Austrian bottle-to-bottle cycle