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PLASTICS PRODUCTION European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report	08.10.2025
STYRENICS ‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF	03.10.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination	01.10.2025
MOL After Dow and BASF, Hungarian petchem group files claim for damages against ethylene cartel	01.10.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response	30.09.2025
COVESTRO Takeover by Adnoc nears EU approval after delays	25.09.2025
PFAS ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026	25.09.2025
EU PLASTICS TAX Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund	23.09.2025
EU TRADE SANCTIONS Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'	22.09.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EUROPE PPWR has set the bar high / Recyclate supply still not clear / Declining demand for virgin plastics / FachPack 2025 to focus on transformation in packaging industry	22.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Reports: US giant pauses EU recycling investments / CEO complains to Trump about regs from Brussels / Fate of Texan hydrogen project still unclear	19.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action	17.09.2025
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Subsidies for innovative products underway / Brussels sets the stage but Netherlands leads on circular plastics	15.09.2025
TRADE WAR US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch	11.09.2025
POLYETHYLENE Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs	11.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Speculation sees US giant pulling out of EU / Mossmorran cracker and Belgian assets up for grabs?	09.09.2025
COVESTRO EU pauses investigation into Adnoc takeover / Adnoc voices criticism	08.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”	05.09.2025
TRADE WAR EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment	02.09.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets	28.08.2025
PFAS ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision	26.08.2025
PTA EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico	18.08.2025
CIRCULAR ECONOMY EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act	12.08.2025
TITANIUM DIOXIDE European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent	11.08.2025
LOGISTICS EU suspends punitive tariffs on US imports – for now / Global trade weakens: concerns about US economy weigh on freight rates	08.08.2025