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RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
Valorplast lowers Q4 redemption price of film bales and bottles significantly
05.11.2015
CHINA
People's Republic extends punitive duties on PVC, PA 6.6 resin and adipic acid
03.11.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Revised EU paper leaked / Broad brush across proposals to be presented by year's end
02.11.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
New chairman for plastics processors' group at Austrian chemical industry association FCIO
30.10.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
German trade association proposes voluntary bag charge / Companies urged to decide on “reasonable fee”
29.10.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
Roelof Veld becomes new president of EFIBCA
28.10.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
UK retail chains donate bag fee to charity / Alzheimer's and WRAP are key beneficiaries
27.10.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Efforts to reduce plastic waste in oceans should focus on five key nations / Improvements in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand could cut global plastic waste leakage by 45% / Ocean Conservancy report
22.10.2015
REACH
European Court of Justice rules on chemicals regulation / Even sub-parts containing dangerous chemicals need to be reported
22.10.2015
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Germany's PET bottle recycling rate stands at 94% / Use of rPET rising / Europe still has a lot of catching up to do / GVM packaging research
21.10.2015
FAKUMA
German plastics fair meets expectations / Rising internationality among visitors / Movers and shakers attend / Aside from VW crisis, sector mood mostly upbeat
20.10.2015
CARRIER BAGS
Tesco scheme sees back-of-store waste recycled into single-use carrier bags / Cooperation with Eurokey Recycling and Papier-Mettler
20.10.2015
RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
French warrantor Valorplast lowers redemption price for PET and polyolefin bales / Validity of current economic model increasingly questioned
19.10.2015
CHEMTURA
Manufacture and sale of HBCD flame retardant to be discontinued
19.10.2015
INTERVIEW
“Our industry needs reliable suppliers!” / IK president Roland Roth on the situation on the polyolefin market / Need for more choice / US processors could become a threat
16.10.2015
UK RECYCLING
Household collection rate for rigid plastic packaging rises to 44% despite lower collection rate for bottles / Recoup survey
14.10.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
K. K. Seksaria elected president of Plastindia Foundation / New vice president and treasurer appointed
14.10.2015
FAKUMA
International plastics fair opens its doors / More than 1,750 exhibitors from 38 countries
13.10.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
EPSE invites public to vote for polycarbonate awards competition / Ranked for innovation, sustainability and design
13.10.2015
INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Ron Marsh, head of the Polymers for Europe Alliance, about the goals of the plastics processors‘ initiative / "Best European Polymer Producer" award
12.10.2015
K 2016
Special show at next year's mega-fair focuses on how “Plastics shape the future”
12.10.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS
Spanish plastics association ANAIP joins “Polymers for Europe Alliance” / “Best European Polymer Producer Award”
12.10.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
EuPC Packaging division establishes three new taskforces / Padraig Nolan named division manager
12.10.2015
EUROPEAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Safety recommendation for preventing access to injection moulding machines / Euromap guideline
05.10.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
New York's EPS foam ban overturned / City vows to appeal / Judge accepts industry's arguments that recycling is viable / Some restaurant owners have switched to paper
28.09.2015
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