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PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Federal Ministry for the Environment presents draft law for “less packaging waste” / Associations warn against Germany going it alone
27.07.2023
UK
Government delays introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility scheme / Move to wait until 2025 welcomed by retailers; local councils disappointed
26.07.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German business confidence records third straight decline / Eurozone purchasing managers' indices weaken / Manufacturing indicators tumble
26.07.2023
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
EU Commission seeks to increase reclamation of plastics, metal / Quotas presented for first time
26.07.2023
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Output shrinks further in H1 / Annual decline could touch 11% / VCI seeks “temporary” relief from high electricity prices
25.07.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
UK: Investment in five research projects to boost circularity / Focus on food packaging, textiles, medical devices, hygiene products
25.07.2023
INEOS
Court halts construction of Project One cracker / Move blamed on lack of environmental assessments / The beginning of the end?
24.07.2023
UK ECONOMY
Inflation ebbs to lowest mark in over a year / Price growth still faster than in euro area / Retail sales improve
24.07.2023
FIBREGLASS
EU Commission extends anti-dumping duties on goods from China, Egypt, and Turkey
24.07.2023
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Outlook for 2023 dismal / Output could shrink by 8% / Demand sees no momentum / US investment aid heightens competition
20.07.2023
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
EU new car registrations jump nearly 18% in June, first half / Battery EVs score first victory against diesels for market share / Volumes still behind pre-pandemic levels
20.07.2023
EU LEGISLATION
Regulatory changes for food-contact plastics to take effect in August / Updates for plasticisers / No new review for styrene
19.07.2023
RAW MATERIAL COSTS
Global price index from German econ institute continues to fall / PIE's Plastixx index also under pressure
19.07.2023
PVC MARKET
Germany: Production, use of virgin material slump / Recyclate demand rises sharply / Method of calculation changes
18.07.2023
PLASTRIBUTION
Distributor warns of imitators / Scammers try to get resin / CEO calls for vigilance
18.07.2023
3M
End of PFAS production set for 2025 / Closures include German plant
18.07.2023
FLEXIBLE FILM RECYCLING
Collaboration needed to boost circularity in Europe – PRE report / Group calls for more spending on infrastructure
17.07.2023
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
How will AI impact the European plastics industry? / ChatGPT weighs in
12.07.2023
ENERGY
Follow-up: LNG terminal on Rügen greenlighted by German parliament / Economics minister says “not out of the woods” on gas supply
12.07.2023
RUSSIA
Moscow wants total plastics packaging recycling by 2027 / Focus switches to manufacturers / Environmentalists sound alarm as landfills swell
11.07.2023
PFAS
EPA presents framework plan to remedy ‘forever chemicals' contamination / Solvay cracks USD 393 mn deal with New Jersey for past offences
10.07.2023
LOGISTICS
New toll with carbon pricing draws heated response from trucking industry / China-Europe freight train service reports growth / EU approves EUR 305 mn for Latvian transport infrastructure
10.07.2023
ENERGY
German LNG plans show no signs of slowing / Some say pace too fast / US main supplier / Rügen terminal still in doubt
06.07.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German business climate index drops significantly / ‘Weak industry is pulling German economy into difficult waters'
04.07.2023
COFFEE CAPSULES
Standard plastic and aluminium variants under scrutiny by EC / PPWR draft promotes biodegradable capsules / Nespresso launches home-compostable pods in France, Belgium
04.07.2023
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