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PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK
Latest BPF members' survey paints mixed picture / Sentiment improving, but finding skilled staff still a problem / Recycling facing ‘critical challenges'
19.02.2026
CONSUMER GOODS / E&E
Against innovation theft: Negative Plagiarius prize awarded / Plastic products also affected
18.02.2026
WASTE MANAGEMENT EUROPE
EU urged to cap waste disposal / Policy paper links circular-economy targets to EU-wide allowance systems
17.02.2026
RECYCLING
UK FSA to certify domestic recyclate for EU food contact
17.02.2026
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
EU Commission unit signs off on new rules for recyclate in plastic bottles / Standardised mass-balance methods, restrictions on rPET imports up to 2027 included
16.02.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Bloc's circular plastics economy faces final reckoning / Bvse sees progress in Brussels but warns enforcement and energy relief remain unresolved
16.02.2026
ABS
EU imposes final anti-dumping duties on imports from South Korea and Taiwan
13.02.2026
EU POLICY
Urgent calls for help to stem bloc's deindustrialisation / Antwerp Declaration mired in the mud / Two major meetings in Belgium bring stakeholders together
13.02.2026
RECYCLING EUROPE
Swedish research shows quality, not quantity, delivers climate benefits / Call for EU legislators to focus on more than recycling rates
11.02.2026
UK CONSTRUCTION
Activity decline slows for second month in a row / Post-Budget clarity helps sector / Sentiment bounces back somewhat
10.02.2026
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY
Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act
10.02.2026
PFAS
EU Commission to make 2026 a ‘year of action' on forever chemicals / New study quantifies risks for human health if substances are not banned
09.02.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING
‘Rising rates alone are no reason to celebrate' / Guest editorial on the state of the industry – Dirk Textor, Bvse
05.02.2026
EU POLICY
Critical Chemicals Alliance general assembly gets sector approval / Plastics Europe joins steering board / Industry repeats call for ‘action not words'
05.02.2026
NORTH AMERICA
Chemical industry groupings set priorities for new USMCA trade deal / Outlook for treaty uncertain / Trump holds the trump card
04.02.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'
04.02.2026
POLYAMIDE 6
India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia
29.01.2026
RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Tax on non-recyclable packaging planned
29.01.2026
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag
28.01.2026
RECYCLING EUROPE
Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute
28.01.2026
EU-INDIA TRADE
Landmark deal slashes car tariffs to 40% / Plastics, chemicals tariffs down to 0% for almost all products
27.01.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German business confidence unchanged / Mood worsens among plastics processors / Eurozone manufacturing improves
27.01.2026
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
California recycling rates in sub-basement / State action to deal with SUP glut stalled / Fresh revision of regulatory proposals held back again
26.01.2026
PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE
EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority
22.01.2026
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
Plastics Europe Polska calls for urgent action, proposes establishment of Chemicals and Plastics Trade Observatory
21.01.2026
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