Plastics Europe

POLYREC European plastics reporting scheme adds members	06.08.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING Call for better design for recycling plastic products / Need for harmonised rules with focus on mechanical recycling / Zero Waste Europe paper	03.08.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Resin makers to invest billions in chemical recycling	29.07.2021
RECYCLING UK Ambitious research project seeks to understand household behaviours around recycling	29.07.2021
VYNOVA Change in top management at PVC specialist	09.07.2021
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Disposable products banned in the EU from 3 July / Environment associations call for rethink on reusables / EuPC voices criticism / Health risks with “eco” alternatives?	08.07.2021
BPF Webinar on ways to tackle marine litter with PlasticsEurope	26.05.2021
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY PlasticsEurope summary of 2020: Less produced, less imported / Problem area: Forces majeures	14.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT DuPont shareholders ask company to disclose pellet-loss figures / NGO challenges US plastics producers on Operation Clean Sweep	13.05.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Bundestag adopts amendment to packaging act / Deposits to be mandatory on all plastic beverage bottles / IK raises concerns about rPET availability	13.05.2021
RECYCLING UK BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling	29.03.2021
SABIC rPET-based PBT resins divert over 100m single-use bottles from landfill / Sustainability benefits said to be verified	26.03.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING European industry associations establish joint reporting scheme / Adoption of mutual approach for data collection	24.03.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT VDMA paper stirs discussion / German plastics and processing groups criticise proposals for recyclate quotes and CO2 pricing / Policies 'not helpful'	23.03.2021
ENI / VERSALIS Porto Marghera cracker to be decommissioned in 2022 / Aromatics production also to cease / Former Versalis CEO Ferrari has joined SK Capital	16.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY German cabinet approves amendment to packaging law / Reusable containers could become mandatory / Concerns over availability of rPET	26.01.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks	21.01.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY Pandemic hits economy / Global plastics production nears 370m t in 2019 / European output loses market share / Full recovery expected in 2022 / PlasticsEurope report	21.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT PlasticsEurope and EuPC collaborate on zero-pellet-loss certification scheme / Report analyses progress of sustainability projects	11.01.2021
PLASTICSEUROPE DEUTSCHLAND Ingemar Bühler named CEO of German branch	11.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Eastman to begin reporting plastic pellet spills	22.12.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT 2019 update of “Operation Clean Sweep” report / Almost 700 companies join programme for zero-pellet loss	23.10.2020
GERMANY'S PLASTICS MARKETS New Conversio study looks at material flows in 2019 / Decline in raw material production and plastics processing / Upward trend for recycling comes to a sudden halt / Corona crisis leaves major scars	25.09.2020
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