Plastics Europe

Will advanced – or chemical – recycling be the silver bullet for hard-to-recycle plastics?

Trade groups warn on erosion of single market under proposed packaging regulation / Fragmentation could deter potential investors

The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties

High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe

Moscow attacks, Europe adapts / Future impact as hard to predict as the outcome of the war

Third round talks end with little progress / Next meeting to be held in Ottawa

EU Parliament approves PPWR / Reduction targets for plastic waste volumes / Associations voice disappointment

Opponents face off in third round of talks / Will the resulting rules have teeth?

Plastics Europe unveils latest plan to meet net zero goals / 42 mn t of total plastics to be made from circular feedstocks by 2050 / Trade group calls for harmonised rules to spur investment

Production, global market share decline in 2022 / World plastics output edges higher

‘Germany as a location faces an acute risk of being left behind': Poll by industry initiative reveals low mood among companies

Long-awaited bill on deposit return system made public / Start-up planned for 2025 / Criticism from Plastics Europe Polska

Shake-up in polyolefins / Fofoupoulos-De Ridder to leave executive board / New jobs for Warnke, Baseley

First draft divides interested parties / Proposed ban on materials, products lacks specifics / A ‘missed opportunity', says Plastics Europe

The EU Commissioner for Climate Protection is changing – what does that mean for the industry? / PIE asks some German associations

The EU Commissioner for Climate Protection is changing – what does that mean for the industry? / PIE reached out to European associations

Chemical recycling should be part of reclaim rates, sustainability manager says / Interview with German engineering association

Germany: Production, use of virgin material slump / Recyclate demand rises sharply / Method of calculation changes

Plastpol exhibition space grows 40% in 2023/ Attendance surges / Polish plastics industry eyes chance to replace Russian, Belarussian exports / Lower sector investments spark concerns

Plastics Europe says production costs erase 2022 rise in turnover / Exports drop sharply / Another fall in output expected this year

European trade bodies warn of waste regulation disparity / EU market rules needed for circular economy / Varying national laws said to cause difficulties

EU plastics sector seeks harmonised content parameters for chemically recycled products / Commission urged to adopt mass balance method

EU ecodesign regulation, Spanish plastics tax: OkPlast event in Spain deals with hot topics

Plastics Europe, EuPC launch programme to control pellet loss / Scheme harmonised with Operation Clean Sweep

Collaboration aims to increase EPS/XPS recycling in France / Pilot project for sorting and processing EPS packaging waste in Germany