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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
PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers	04.08.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY “You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor	01.08.2025
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
GERMAN ECONOMY Business climate index rises again / Upward trend seen among plastics processors	31.07.2025
TRIPLAST GreenDot, ARA, Bernegger expand plastics recycling plant in Austria / EUR 35 mn investment	30.07.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING RecyClass publishes recyclability evaluation protocols for automotive, EEE / Design for Recycling Guidelines updated	30.07.2025
EPOXY RESIN Countervailing anti-dumping duties on China, Thailand come into force	29.07.2025
UK-US TRADE US plastics association lauds UK agreement / Deal supports US trade surplus / EU shops at competitive disadvantage	29.07.2025
TRADE WAR EU, US strike 15% tariff deal / Zero-for-zero tariffs agreed for some strategic products	28.07.2025
EU POLICY Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans	25.07.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Registrations fall in June, H1 / EVs retain lead in market share / UK vehicle output plummets	25.07.2025
USA EPA loses even more muscle / Zeldin touts big savings through ‘organisational improvements' and job cuts / NGOs challenge pollution rule exemptions	25.07.2025
PLASTICS TAX EU levy set to rise to EUR 1,000/t from 2028	24.07.2025
TRADE WAR Some EU states want massive response to US tariffs – reports / Berlin, Paris prefer major pushback / Japan settles for 15%	23.07.2025
ABS Amount of possible provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from Taiwan, South Korea announced	22.07.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION PPWR: Industry associations call for postponement of EU packaging regulation	22.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY VCI half-year review: production, sales decline again / “Deindustrialisation is a fact”	22.07.2025
IKEA Furniture group plans to eliminate plastic packaging by 2028	21.07.2025
BOTTLE RECYLING EU Mass-balance method soon to be acceptable / New rules to accept chemical recycling / Criticism of method continues	21.07.2025
EU POLICY Commission presents Action Plan to address capacity closure risks / Streamlining of ECHA and REACH envisaged	17.07.2025
ABS Announcement of anti-dumping duties on imports from Taiwan, South Korea postponed	16.07.2025
TRADE WAR Brussels examines tariffs on US plastics, chemicals – reports / Materials part of long list of possible countermeasures	16.07.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING ITALY Mechanical recycling bounces back despite persistent challenges / Sector loses nearly third of its turnover over two years	16.07.2025

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