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CORRECTION - TURKEY Ban on recycled plastics in food-contact to be lifted / Economic benefits outweigh potential food-safety risks	22.10.2025
PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION European Commission exempts pallet wrapping, strapping bands from reuse targets under PPWR	21.10.2025
ROMANIA DRS a roaring success / Municipal waste system in stagnant crisis / Untrustworthy recyclate a widespread issue	21.10.2025
ITALY Plastics tax delayed once more / Now set for 2027	20.10.2025
MATTRESS MARKET Europe swings to trade deficit as Chinese imports soar / Market competition intensifies as prices fall / US tariffs on Chinese goods exacerbate situation	20.10.2025
EPSE Awards ceremony honours innovation and sustainability at K 2025 in Germany	17.10.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH UK close to restricting BPA in food packaging / Rules to be aligned with EU, Canada	16.10.2025
K 2025 World's leading trade fair for the plastics industry comes to an end / Organisers provide positive assessment / Date set for 2028	15.10.2025
HEALTHCARE AND PLASTICS Waste volumes in Europe, North America seen rising up to 40% by 2040 if no action taken on SUPs / Systemiq, Eunomia report highlights strategies for hospitals, suppliers	15.10.2025
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY Euromap anticipates brighter outlook / Positive signals at K 2025	13.10.2025
GLOBAL PLASTICS FLOW Production climbs 44 mn t over five years / Mismanaged waste rises 10% / Best practices identified to reduce pollution – Conversio study	10.10.2025
UK CONSTRUCTION Activity declines again, pace of contraction eases	09.10.2025
K 2025 Private insights, public declarations from the reception hosted by Kunststoffland NRW	08.10.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report	08.10.2025
K 2025 World's leading plastics industry trade fair opens its doors in Germany / 3,200 exhibitors, 180,000 visitors expected	08.10.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY Chair of failed INC talks reportedly to step down / Luis Vayas Valdivieso said to be leaving for ‘personal and professional reasons'	07.10.2025
K 2025 ‘All we need is a good atmosphere' / Guest editorial on start of world's leading trade fair K from Markus Lüling, editor-in-chief of daily trade fair newspaper K-AKTUELL	06.10.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY ‘Gloomy mood' in the ‘autumn of reforms' / Production significantly below previous year's level – VCI	06.10.2025
STYRENICS ‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF	03.10.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination	01.10.2025
PFAS California legislation would restrict or ban ‘forever chemicals' in non-stick coatings / Cookware industry incensed / Governor's signature awaited	01.10.2025
RECYCLASS Recycling certification now claimed to be Europe's largest	01.10.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response	30.09.2025
DOW Launch of fluoropolymer-free processing aid / Film applications targeted	30.09.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic	29.09.2025

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