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RECYCLING EUROPE
Money tight as orders dissipate / Companies shutter plants / Pressure from waste side
12.09.2022
ENERGY
The worst is yet to come: French, German plastic packaging groups warn of impact from soaring prices / Survival at risk for 60% of UK manufacturers
12.09.2022
ENERGY
New UK Prime Minister offers support for energy costs / Move to help households, businesses
12.09.2022
GREINER
Purchase of Serbian recycler creates in-house reclaim unit / Investment in Austrian mattress start-up
12.09.2022
INTERVIEW
Digital network for circular plastics: Founders of start-up Polytopoly, Marine Charrier and Edouard Garreau, talk to PIE about the challenges on the European market, the state of France's recycling culture
09.09.2022
LOGISTICS
Calmer waters: tariff dispute at German seaports settled / China zero-Covid strategy again rattles supply chains / Container freight rates stagnate
08.09.2022
QUANTAFUEL
Large-scale chemical recycling plant in cooperation with BASF, Dubal Holding / Ambitious expansion targets
08.09.2022
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES
Output of rPET to increase twofold at US facility
08.09.2022
TECHNIP / AGILYX
Launch of chemically recycled styrene brand / Pilot testing a success / Monomer purity high, partners say
06.09.2022
SAPERATEC
German start-up builds recycling plant for composites / 18,000 t/y of packaging / Cooperation with Hoffmann Neopac
06.09.2022
LOGISTICS
Ship congestion off North Sea ports, North American East Coast / Industrial action in UK, US / Container freight rates in reverse gear
01.09.2022
EUROZONE ECONOMY
Inflation pushes above 9% / Analysts forecast headline rate beyond 10% by year's end / Growth outlook dims
01.09.2022
RAW MATERIALS
German shortages ease in August / Plastics, rubber shops report better-than-average sourcing
31.08.2022
RECYCLING UK
Recoup calls for better packaging information, eco design / “Product isn't recyclable if not supported by infrastructure”
31.08.2022
BAG RECYCLING
Veolia teams up with US and UK firms for LDPE compost bag recycling scheme
29.08.2022
FUTURAPET
PET recycling company starts regular operations
29.08.2022
KAUFLAND / LIDL
REset Plastic: Schwarz group reports progress on recyclate use / 54,000 t of virgin plastics replaced
29.08.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Expectations at plastics and rubber firms lowest since Q3 2020 / Chemical companies report worst environment in over three decades / Ifo survey
26.08.2022
TURKEY
Rise in machinery investments in first half / Outlays could increase 6% this year
26.08.2022
LG CHEM
Two JVs with ADM / Plans for US production of PLA, lactic acid
26.08.2022
VEOLIA
French waste manager to sell Suez UK ops for over EUR 2 bn / Divestment required to meet merger terms
26.08.2022
LOGISTICS
European trucking faces looming AdBlue shortage / US processors unhappy due to supply chain issues / Air freight share rises significantly / Container freight rates almost unchanged
25.08.2022
ALPLA
Extruder for PET recyclate inaugurated in Italy / Recycling capacity increased
25.08.2022
RECYCLING UK
Efforts to “go green” with new packaging often ends in failure: Recoup / Temptation to reduce everything to one measure must be resisted
24.08.2022
RUSSIA
EU imports of Russian polyolefins surge in H1 / Increased purchasing on embargo fears / Exports outside Europe plummet
23.08.2022
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