European Commission

PVC RECYCLING VinylPlus developing new sustainability programme / Virtual event features strategy debate	26.10.2020
EU PLASTICS TAX Parliament green-lights planned levy / Next step is ratification at national level	12.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC and Circularise partner to develop systems for tracking plastics and monitoring recyclates / Group seeks prototype testers	12.10.2020
EUMBC 2020 annual conference in webinar format	08.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste	24.09.2020
GERMANY Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants	24.09.2020
CIRCULARISE Project to track plastics industry supply chains receives EUR 1.5m in EU funding	15.09.2020
TRINSEO Collaboration with Coexpan / Validation of PS recycling technology	09.09.2020
PLASTICS WASTE Interpol: Illegal disposal of plastics waste is booming / “Waste mafia” redirects large quantities to Southeast Asia	04.09.2020
AVIENT Compounder rolls out new light-blocking additive to comply with EU titanium dioxide restrictions	02.09.2020
MORSSINKHOF PLASTICS Joint venture More PET founded with Remondis / Marketing of rPET	11.08.2020
BASF Pandemic leads to quarterly loss / Plastics businesses in slump / Q3 unlikely to bring relief / EU approves construction chemicals sale	30.07.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Proliferation of microplastics in Italian lakes up 400% in three years / “Life Blue Lakes” study funded by EU and PlasticsEurope	30.07.2020
PLASTIX Partnership with US nanotechnology specialist Titan Bioplastics to boost uptake of recycled plastics in Europe	30.07.2020
BEIERSDORF Cooperation with Werner & Metz on quality standards for plastic packaging made from recyclate	29.07.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging	22.07.2020
ETHYLENE EU commission fines Celanese, Clariant and Orbia / Companies implicated in illegal C2 purchasing scheme	17.07.2020
GRAMMER Automotive supplier slips deep into the red / Massive impact of coronavirus crisis	17.07.2020
PLASTICS AND HEALTH European Parliament committee outlines proposals for sustainability / Inspectors to check products for hazardous substances under REACH / Goals for “Green Deal”	10.07.2020
PLASTICS WASTE German parliament calls for ban on exports to non-EU countries	10.07.2020
PLASTICSEUROPE Subdued mood among German polymer producers / Economic figures for 2019 and pandemic effects / Germany's processors order less material	06.07.2020
BASF / DIC Antitrust clearance procedure for pigments business sale withdrawn	06.07.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Associations call on EU commission for bold post-crisis recovery plan / Suppliers face falling revenues and rising debt across Europe due to Covid-19	03.07.2020
GERMANY Cabinet approves ban on single-use plastic items / Environmental organisation calls for expansion of reuse systems	01.07.2020
MEDICAL ELASTOMERS Global market to expand by 6% annually to 2025 / Coronavirus pandemic drives up demand / Asia market to overtake Europe / Smithers report	25.06.2020