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COVERIS Cast film extrusion line starts operations in Germany	11.08.2025
PET RECYCLING Launch of PET circularity test as tool to simulate multiple recycling loops	05.08.2025
AMAZON Online retailer reduces use of plastics worldwide	05.08.2025
PACKAGING GERMANY AVU packaging monitor shows high willingness among consumers to separate waste, but uncertainty regarding its utilisation / Decrease in packaging volume by 2030	04.08.2025
PACKAGING UK Recycling rate at nearly 54% / Reporting requirements yield more accurate data	01.08.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ASEAN Plastics use soars in Asia, environmental leakage set to escalate / Waste to double by 2050 in absence of urgent action – OECD report	31.07.2025
COVERIS Packaging manufacturer expands linerless label production in UK	31.07.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING Global packaging waste set to grow steadily over next decade, outpacing gains in recycling rates – Smithers report	30.07.2025
INTEPLAST US film maker acquires German competitor Perga	28.07.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION PPWR: Industry associations call for postponement of EU packaging regulation	22.07.2025
SIG Aldi introduces aluminium-free carton pack / Own-brand grape juice Rio d'oro obtainable in German branches	22.07.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE Industry association elects new chair	18.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Outlook for third quarter – IK business survey / Cautious optimism after difficult start to the year	15.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EuPC warns reusable alternatives to SUP pallet wraps could backfire / Study estimates added annual costs at EUR 4.9 bn in eight sectors	14.07.2025
PACKAGING LABELLING Europen slams proposed, new EU waste-sorting label rules	09.07.2025
INTERVIEW “The recyclate gap remains real” / Frank Kurrat and Andreas van de Locht from Interzero explain why packaging manufacturers and brand owners are finding it so difficult to prepare for PPWR	08.07.2025
PACKAGING UK Government unveils base fees for packaging producers under EPR scheme / Most lower than illustrative fees announced in December	04.07.2025
OBEN Brazilian authorities approve acquisition of film manufacturer Vitopel	02.07.2025
ALPLA Expansion in injection moulding sector / Takeover of closure manufacturer KM Packaging	25.06.2025
MICROPLASTICS Glass bottles more contaminated than plastic / Beer bottles found to have highest content but wine is fine – Anses report	25.06.2025
BALTIC STATES Plastics industry follows upward trajectory despite turbulence in Europe / Evertis to construct EUR 30 mn PET film plant in Lithuania / Political turbulence, imports from non-EU countries exert pressure on businesses	24.06.2025
COMEX Serbian film manufacturer installs third blown film line	23.06.2025
PLASTICS WASTE OECD records another fall in global trade for 2023 / More waste sent to non-member countries, halting previous trend	18.06.2025
PACKAGING Trump's tariffs may play havoc with companies' packaging supply chains – Ecoveritas / Data specialist sounds cautionary note on EPR liability	11.06.2025
RESEARCH Aimplas collaborates on greener bioplastics food packaging project / Novel PLA copolymers to improve biodegradability	02.06.2025

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