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YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET
Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues
18.12.2025
RECYCLING UK
Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems
15.12.2025
USA
Gap between US citizens' recycling intentions, actions / 77% report they recycle / WM survey highlights barriers
15.12.2025
LOGISTICS
Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise
12.12.2025
ALPLA
Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands
11.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed
10.12.2025
RECYCLING UK
Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report
10.12.2025
GREENDOT
German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy
10.12.2025
LOGISTICS
Heavy shipping traffic on world's oceans causes freight rates to tumble / Intra-Asia routes the exception
05.12.2025
GARBO
Major chemical PET recycling project in Italy / EU funding for ChemPET technology
05.12.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING ITALY
Emergency round table for recycling yields few results / Second meeting set for mid-December
01.12.2025
POLYMER SOLUTIONS
Krall subsidiary expands recycling portfolio / More engineering grades included
01.12.2025
INTRAPLAS
Portuguese packaging manufacturer expands into US
01.12.2025
LOGISTICS
Opposing trends in container freight rates: US routes down, Europe more expensive / Port strikes in Belgium, Portugal
28.11.2025
RECYCLING ITALY
“From tomorrow, no more collections” / Municipalities react to recycling freeze in southern Italy
27.11.2025
IMPC
Indonesian building materials manufacturer invests EUR 13 mn in polymer training centre / Cooperation with SKZ
27.11.2025
GREENDOT
Recycling group urges take-up of eco-modulation to boost use of recycled materials in plastic packaging
26.11.2025
TRIOWORLD
Additional recycling lines inaugurated in Sweden / Further expansion planned
25.11.2025
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
EU consortium targets entire SUP value chain / New route from non-recyclable packaging to circular materials
24.11.2025
PMMA RECYCLING
NextChem builds chemical recycling plant in Italy / Pekutherm extends commitment
24.11.2025
ITALY
Uprising of the plastics recyclers: Numerous lines decommissioned / “We can paralyse the entire Italian waste system” – Assorimap
21.11.2025
LOGISTICS
Too many ships, too little cargo: shipping companies vying for every container / Freight rates likely to fall
21.11.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Players take concerns to Brussels / ‘Secondary plastics sector needs help to thrive'
19.11.2025
BEWI
EPS specialist posts rise in sales as losses from continuing business widen
18.11.2025
MKV
German compounder expands North America business / US subsidiary founded
17.11.2025
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