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CANON
Japanese group launches equipment portfolio that uses Raman spectroscopy technology / Detection of hard-to-spot black plastics
13.06.2024
LOGISTICS
In search of cargo space: a story of Chinese EV exports and skyrocketing freight rates
07.06.2024
PVC RECYCLING
Volume of recovered waste in Europe heavily declines in 2023 – VinylPlus report / Challenging regulatory, macroeconomic climate impacts demand, says chairman
06.06.2024
FREEPOINT ECO-SYSTEMS
Plastics chemical recycling plants planned in Belgium, US
05.06.2024
SPAIN
Waste management body accused of manipulating plastic bottle collection rates / Environmentalists insist on immediate DRS implementation
04.06.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY
Planned plastics tax favours paper composites – GVM study
04.06.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Has requirement to offer reusable packaging for takeaway failed? / Minimal usage rate in 2023 / More municipalities look into packaging tax / New regulation by PPWR?
03.06.2024
RECYCLING EUROPE
“EU member states must open the door to chemical recycling” / Position paper details 11-point requirement to unlock potential in recycling technologies
03.06.2024
LOGISTICS
Carriers slowly find their way back to Ukraine / Deutsche Bahn's logistics division estimated at EUR 15 bn / Freight rates continue to rise
31.05.2024
RECYCLING UK
Marks & Spencer joins Polytag's Ecotrace Programme / SUP packaging to be tracked using invisible UV tags
31.05.2024
SAPERATEC
Recycling plant for film, composite-packaging waste opens in Germany / 30,000 t/y of laminates to be processed at the site
31.05.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Growth ‘considerably better' than predicted / Slight rise anticipated in 2025 / Weakness in Europe, emerging markets going strong
30.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY
DIHK survey: Mood in chemical industry brightens slightly / Plastics industry remains pessimistic
29.05.2024
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
EU registrations rise almost 14% in April / More sales days support upswing / EVs take lead in market share, trade group says
28.05.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Mood among German firms unchanged / Plastics companies more pessimistic / Eurozone recovers for third month running
28.05.2024
RESEARCH
Engineers devise chemical recycling process for polystyrene with 60% yield
27.05.2024
NPE
US plastics trade fair attracts significantly fewer visitors than 2018 / Europe's weakness becomes North America's strength
24.05.2024
LOGISTICS
Containers become scarce in world trade / Freight rates rise as a result
24.05.2024
CONSTRUCTION
Eurozone construction activity slides again in April / Situation contrasts sharply with UK
21.05.2024
BLUEALP
Dutch tech group teams up with RES to launch ‘largest advanced recycling plant' in Italy
21.05.2024
LOGISTICS
US hikes tariffs on Chinese imports / Shortage of freight space causes prices to rise
16.05.2024
PAAG
Turkish recycler enters PET bottle-to-bottle recycling market
16.05.2024
RUSSIA
Technological imports reach historic heights, thanks partly to Germany, Italy / Fresh US sanctions hurt, but not cripple, trade with Asia, Turkey
15.05.2024
PLASTICS RECYCLING
RecyClass turns its attention to E&E, automotive
15.05.2024
LOGISTICS
Four terrorist attacks repelled, 27 merchant ships escorted by German warship / Maersk warns of freight-capacity shrinkage on Far East-Europe route
10.05.2024
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