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EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Registrations improve in August / Year-to-date total eases / Carmakers pause production / US implements EU trade deal	26.09.2025
PFAS ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026	25.09.2025
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY TecPart president calls for ‘freedom to act' at annual conference / Executive board confirmed in office	25.09.2025
RECYCLING UK Recoup urges stricter checks on recycled content claims / Weak oversight damaging industry competitiveness	24.09.2025
EU PLASTICS TAX Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund	23.09.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EUROPE PPWR has set the bar high / Recyclate supply still not clear / Declining demand for virgin plastics / FachPack 2025 to focus on transformation in packaging industry	22.09.2025
PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe	19.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action	17.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE Clepa urges EU to step in with support for auto supply sector / Up to 350,000 jobs could be lost if no action taken	16.09.2025
RECYCLING Aimplas gains RecyClass accreditation for automotive, E&E testing	15.09.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level	09.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”	05.09.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR	05.09.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PRE: “The European plastics recycling industry is facing imminent collapse” / Loss of reclaim capacities projected at 1 mn t by end-2025	01.09.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Registrations climb in July / US confirms lower tariff on EU vehicles / EV market share eases	29.08.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets	28.08.2025
USA Plastics machinery shipments steady in Q2 / Wider processing sentiment remains cautious	28.08.2025
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports further revenue drop in H1 / Packaging leads decline	28.08.2025
PACKAGING GERMANY German packaging market shrank in 2024 / Plastic remains largest value segment	27.08.2025
PFAS ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision	26.08.2025
EDITORIAL The (plastics) summit of disappointment, embarrassment, and hypocrisy	20.08.2025
EVENTS Plastics Summit 2025 to tackle sustainability challenges in Lisbon	20.08.2025
COMPOSITES EuCIA sees ‘untapped potential' of thermoset composite waste / Reclaim rate estimated at 5%	19.08.2025
POLYCARBONATE SHEET Eleventh edition of EPSE Awards / Public voting open until 10 September / Ceremony at K 2025 trade fair in Germany	19.08.2025
RECYCLING UK 'Urgent action' needed in reclaim industry – BPF official / Plant closures highlight problems / Viridor for sale?	18.08.2025

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