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PLASTICS PACKAGING
Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE
16.11.2022
ELIPSO
Bouquet named general secretary of French plastics packaging association
16.11.2022
CONSUMER GOODS
BPF highlights 15 products and initiatives that promote recycling and sustainability
15.11.2022
BIOPLASTICS
Study casts doubt over home-compostable plastics packaging / Researchers question “effective or environmentally beneficial” waste processing method
11.11.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs
11.11.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Business outlook worst on record – survey / Over 20% of plastics and rubber firms expect production cuts / Experts forecast recession in 2023
10.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
UK: Recoup first 'supporter' of BPF's Ocean Clean Sweep scheme / Over 140 members sign up against pellet loss
09.11.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY
Covid-led consumption falls slightly in 2020 / More waste in households, decline in trade and industry
09.11.2022
PET RECYCLING ITALY
Coripet expands plastic bottle reclaim initiative / Italy to approach targets set by SUP directive / 860 reverse-vending machines installed
08.11.2022
UK RECYCLING
Recoup calls for more plastic packaging reclaim capacity / BPF says most such waste exported
07.11.2022
WASTE INCINERATION
Energy from incinerated waste not the answer to EU's gas crisis / ZWE report
07.11.2022
EU FLOOR COVERINGS
Walking on circular flooring solutions: EuFCA survey to gather data on potential market uptake of separated materials by plastics converters
07.11.2022
DRINKS PACKAGING
European trade groups say EU PPWD draft poses existential threat to beverage industries / Proposed targets could dismantle recycling infrastructure
04.11.2022
BASF
Q3 EBIT slips but still “solid” / Energy costs bite / Plastics suffer / China operations in ascent
02.11.2022
EUROPEAN PROCESSORS
Energy surcharges from resin makers said to endanger shops / Return of fees “regrettable” / Polymer suppliers complain about effects of price pressures
01.11.2022
POLYCARBONATE SHEET
EPSE Awards 2022: Sabic wins big at the 10th edition / Exolon bags sustainability award / Ceremony at K 2022
01.11.2022
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Austria: Unification of packaging collection from 2023 onwards
01.11.2022
US PLASTICS RECYCLING
Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”
27.10.2022
PLASTICS EUROPE
Association's president Marco ten Bruggencate: Risk of investments being moved from European to overseas plants
26.10.2022
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Shipments, employment rise in 2021 / Plastics products sixth-largest industry in America / Trade group to become “more vocal”
25.10.2022
KI GROUP SUMMIT K 2022
Disruptive markets and transformation: Experts discuss solutions for key issues in the plastics sector / Waste collection and sorting need improvement / Calls for better infrastructure in Europe
24.10.2022
PLASTICS WASTE
Trade bodies urge EU regulators to strengthen proposed waste rules / EuRIC seeks mandatory targets for recycled content
24.10.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?
24.10.2022
K 2022
“If Putin destroys our economy, he will topple our democracy”: Germany's Economics Minister Habeck and Covestro boss Steilemann at “high-level reception” of Kunststoffland NRW
21.10.2022
EUPC
Bernard Merkx of Waste Free Oceans to take over as managing director from Alexandre Dangis
20.10.2022
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