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PLASTICS RECYCLING
More than half of EU recycling plants certified by EuCertPlast / Addition of 45 facilities in 2020 / Germany has the largest share
08.02.2021
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Greenhouse gas emissions studies for four plastics recycling methods important first step / Quantis report
03.02.2021
PLASTICS AND FINANCE
Banks supported plastics supply chain with over USD 1.7 tn from 2015-2019 / Calls for governments to hold lenders liable for results of financing / Portfolio Earth report
29.01.2021
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY
Plastics use in vehicles seen down 15% in 2020 / Automobile production forecast 14% lower / Pandemic said to have cost domestic car parts industry at least USD 5 bn
28.01.2021
MATTRESS INDUSTRY
The Netherlands leads the way in Europe for mattress recycling / Rapid progress in chemical recycling projects / Europur report
27.01.2021
CORRECTION - MARINE LITTER
Alliance to End Plastic Waste's project Renew Oceans collapses / Pandemic and technical problems blamed for breakdown of multi-company clean-up effort in India
26.01.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
German cabinet approves amendment to packaging law / Reusable containers could become mandatory / Concerns over availability of rPET
26.01.2021
GKV
German plastics converters' association MD Große-Wilde takes over all tasks and functions from Möllenstädt
25.01.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks
21.01.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Pandemic hits economy / Global plastics production nears 370m t in 2019 / European output loses market share / Full recovery expected in 2022 / PlasticsEurope report
21.01.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Recycling capacity of 8.5m t in Europe / PET, LDPE, HDPE and PP frontrunners
21.01.2021
ITALY
Italian plastics and rubber machinery output craters in 2020 / Exports plummet / 2021 rebound "likely"
21.01.2021
PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Coronavirus pressures 2020 results / Plastics packaging shows 1% increase / Stable tariffs
20.01.2021
RECYCLING UK
Operational recycling capacity of BPF members seen at 74% in 2021 / Government funding needed for reclaim infrastructure / UK trade group publishes first sustainability report
19.01.2021
PLASTICS WASTE
New rules on exports from the EU in effect / Notification required for shipping hazardous material / Amendment to Basel Convention
14.01.2021
BEVERAGE CARTONS
Recycling rate of multi-layer packaging formats dips when calculated using new EU rules / EU guidance to come into force in June 2022 / Research commissioned by Zero Waste Europe
13.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
PlasticsEurope and EuPC collaborate on zero-pellet-loss certification scheme / Report analyses progress of sustainability projects
11.01.2021
PLASTICSEUROPE DEUTSCHLAND
Ingemar Bühler named CEO of German branch
11.01.2021
GKV
Julia Große-Wilde named managing director of German processors association
05.01.2021
UK
Recoup survey shows upward trend in household plastics collection / Pandemic changes lifestyles, increases recycling rate
18.12.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY
Sales down 10%-15% in 2020 / Jan-Oct revenue off 14% / Return to pre-crisis levels likely in 2023 / Waste and recycling business down
17.12.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Study says US is third largest contributor to coastal plastics pollution
16.12.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Environment ministry submits draft of new packaging law / Deposits for wider range of disposable bottles / Mandatory amount of rPET for one-way bottles
10.12.2020
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Pandemic hits EU 27 sales, output in first nine months / Circular economy can cushion economic blows
08.12.2020
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
German industry accustomed to success faces declining sales for the first time / Covid-19 sparks irreversible upheavals / Spectaris survey
07.12.2020
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