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LOGISTICS
Desperate bidding wars for empty containers / Forwarding agents operating in “stone-age mode”?
18.05.2021
AMAZON
Shareholders pressure retail giant to reveal details on plastic packaging / Board of directors against proposal
18.05.2021
SKZ
German institute offers courses for plastics technologies in English
17.05.2021
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY
PlasticsEurope summary of 2020: Less produced, less imported / Problem area: Forces majeures
14.05.2021
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
Madrid's Plastic Museum headed for the recycling bin
14.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
DuPont shareholders ask company to disclose pellet-loss figures / NGO challenges US plastics producers on Operation Clean Sweep
13.05.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Bundestag adopts amendment to packaging act / Deposits to be mandatory on all plastic beverage bottles / IK raises concerns about rPET availability
13.05.2021
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Dramatic shortages of production materials / German plastics processors particularly affected
12.05.2021
LOGISTICS
Ocean freight rates still rising sharply / Are rails or roads an alternative?
12.05.2021
AVIENT
Acquisition of Clariant unit drives earnings / High demand for medical technology and consumer goods / Caution about outlook
12.05.2021
LYONDELLBASELL
Commercial production with feedstock made from plastic waste
11.05.2021
PCEP
Conference on circular polyolefin economy set for 11 May / Circularity pioneer Walter Stahel to deliver keynote address
07.05.2021
INTERVIEW
Seeking harmony and circularity for plastics packaging / Q&A with RecyClass Chairman Paolo Glerean
06.05.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING
New IK study: Use of paper composites frequently constitutes greenwashing / Mixed materials hard to recycle
06.05.2021
RAW MATERIALS Q&A
Powerless in the face of force majeure? / What converters need to know if their supplier stops delivering
05.05.2021
LOGISTICS
Freight rates continue to rise / Container shortages exacerbate price inflation
05.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
WTO's Informal Dialogue group seeks to address plastics trade data gaps / Talks on transparency, international cooperation / Trade and environment committee discusses climate change, sustainability
03.05.2021
PACKAGING MACHINERY
VDMA: Coronavirus hits fourth-largest engineering sector
03.05.2021
REACH
ECHA's integrated approach speeds regulatory process / Some 1,900 substances assessed in 2020 / Post-Brexit bureaucracy causes compliance headaches
30.04.2021
MARINE LITTER
UNEP partners with Google to counter plastics pollution / Project based on machine learning for Asian rivers
29.04.2021
TURKEY
Boycott of virgin resin leads to lower prices for material – Pagev / Processors question timing of plastics production shutdowns
29.04.2021
RECYCLING UK
BPF calls for easier recycling system / Response to proposed governmental ban on oxo-biodegradable materials
28.04.2021
EUCIA
Partnership with EBI to address circularity of composites in boating
27.04.2021
PETCORE
Annual conference set for 2-3 June / Early-bird discounts available
26.04.2021
LOGISTICS
Logistic chains still in confusion / Severe bottlenecks / Extreme price increases
23.04.2021
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