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POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE
Voting on 2025 Polymer Producers Awards now open / Commitment to Europe focal point
 		04.03.2026
PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION
Wrapping, straps officially exempt from 100% reuse targets under PPWR / EU Commission adopts delegated act
 		02.03.2026
UPDATE - GLOBAL ECONOMY
MEPs delay vote on US trade deal – reports / Trump announces 15% global tariff rate
 		24.02.2026
GLOBAL ECONOMY
US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs / Next steps unclear / Business groups warn of more uncertainty
 		20.02.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Germany's federal cabinet approves PPWR Implementation Act / Recycling rate for plastic packaging rises to 75% / Criticism from industry bodies: ‘the political brakes are on'
 		20.02.2026
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Trump rescinds EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding / End to greenhouse regulation in US / Effect on manufacturing unclear
 		19.02.2026
RECYCLING
UK FSA to certify domestic recyclate for EU food contact
 		17.02.2026
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
EU Commission unit signs off on new rules for recyclate in plastic bottles / Standardised mass-balance methods, restrictions on rPET imports up to 2027 included
 		16.02.2026
EU POLICY
Urgent calls for help to stem bloc's deindustrialisation / Antwerp Declaration mired in the mud / Two major meetings in Belgium bring stakeholders together
 		13.02.2026
PFAS
EU Commission to make 2026 a ‘year of action' on forever chemicals / New study quantifies risks for human health if substances are not banned
 		09.02.2026
EU POLICY
Critical Chemicals Alliance general assembly gets sector approval / Plastics Europe joins steering board / Industry repeats call for ‘action not words'
 		05.02.2026
NORTH AMERICA
Chemical industry groupings set priorities for new USMCA trade deal / Outlook for treaty uncertain / Trump holds the trump card
 		04.02.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'
 		04.02.2026
POLYAMIDE 6
India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia
 		29.01.2026
RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Tax on non-recyclable packaging planned
 		29.01.2026
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