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GREECE High energy costs undermine competitiveness even at European level / Plastics waste recycling stagnates / Industrial capacities at risk despite growth forecasts	03.11.2025
TURKEY Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations	22.08.2025
BULGARIA Discrepancies in reports of plastic packaging waste management - NGO	25.03.2025
INTERVIEW “The government wanted to ban importation of waste, but we said no” / “Inflation aids plastics industry” – interview with Pagev president Yavuz Eroglu	29.08.2024
TURKEY Production, domestic sales decline in first half / Exports rise / Full-year forecast sees no reverse in downturn	29.08.2024
TURKEY Plastic product consumption up in 2023 / Severe price drop for incoming, outgoing polymer shipments / Economic growth despite massive inflation	11.03.2024
TURKEY Death toll rising by the hour / PTA shipments from Asia affected by the earthquakes / Port of Iskenderun out of service / Köksan's PET production suspended	08.02.2023
TURKEY Earthquakes kill over 2,000 people in Syrian border region / More casualties expected / Numerous polymer plants could be affected	06.02.2023
ISRAEL New government drops tax on single-use plastic / Alternative solution expected by July	06.02.2023
ALPLA PET recycling begins in Romania / JV supplies 18,000 t/y of bottle-to-bottle material / Second plant in Angola	02.02.2023
TURKEY Credit crisis deepens as inflation shows record high / Plastic products sector to show growth in 2022	22.12.2022
TURKEY Rise in machinery investments in first half / Outlays could increase 6% this year	26.08.2022
TURKEY Record output, imports, exports of plastics products in 2021 / Resin production unchanged / War threatens material supply from Russia	04.04.2022
TURKEY PET bottle deposit return scheme postponed to 2023 / Collection, reimbursement system not ready	26.01.2022
WHITE GOODS TURKEY Sales rose by 41% in H1, but growth slowed June onward	09.09.2021
SLOVENIA Country bans most SUPs / New regulation to label products, packaging / Fines for non-compliance	30.08.2021
TURKEY Record 2021 expected for plastics goods / Resin consumption by value forecast up 50% / Plastics material trade deficit to be worst yet	20.08.2021
WASTE MANAGEMENT Western Balkan upgrades present investment opportunities / Croatia ranks high in household waste recycling growth / National ban on single-use plastics	28.07.2021
TURKEY White goods sales rise by 29% in Q1	24.06.2021
TURKEY Demand, output of construction plastics rise in Q1 / Foreign trade expands / PU shows highest growth rate	16.06.2021
TURKEY Processed polymer volume declined in 2020 / Packaging and white goods make up ground / Positive but shaky outlook for 2021 / Associations vehemently oppose import ban on plastic waste from Europe	11.06.2021
TURKEY Boycott of virgin resin leads to lower prices for material – Pagev / Processors question timing of plastics production shutdowns	29.04.2021
TURKEY Pagev says Turkish processors should halt virgin resin buys until June / Group says Chinese converters following suit / Move comes ahead of expectations for lower prices this summer	14.04.2021
TURKEY Plastics demand rises in 2020 on higher domestic sales / Import and export volumes grow / Economic woes continue	07.04.2021
TURKEY Pagev: Processors to boycott imported polymers from 1 April / Chinese associations said to be on board / Price 'crash' expected by June	25.03.2021

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