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RECYCLASS
Recoup to oversee UK version of PRE's recyclability audit
 		16.09.2020
TURKEY
Plastics industry posts fall in demand and output in first half / Contraction predicted for 2020 / Domestic market hindered by taxes and low-value products
 		11.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Total declares force majeure on metallocene grades from Belgium
 		08.09.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Impact of coronavirus crisis shows in H1 2020 balance sheet / Sales down 9% year-on-year / Niche areas in packaging, construction and E&E doing well / Do automotive suppliers face an insolvency wave?
 		07.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
EuPC to augment results of rPM survey with new poll about effects of Covid-19 pandemic
 		07.09.2020
PLASTICS WASTE
Interpol: Illegal disposal of plastics waste is booming / “Waste mafia” redirects large quantities to Southeast Asia
 		04.09.2020
USA
Chemicals and plastics production mostly not directly affected by Hurricane “Laura” / Nevertheless severe capacity losses / Infrastructure damage leads to numerous forces majeures
 		03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sadara anticipates reduced TDI production at its plant in Al Jubail throughout the whole of Q4
 		03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares force majeure for TDI from Ludwigshafen
 		03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
VCM/PVC: Inovyn declares force majeure for deliveries from Scandinavia
 		02.09.2020
CHINA
PVC capacity of 800,000 t/y added in September / More in planning / Demand decline in H1 due to Covid-19
 		02.09.2020
USA
Chemicals and polymers steady but still below 2019 / High demand for plastics products used to fight Covid-19 / ACC report
 		01.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK
UK kerbside waste collection jump, despite coronavirus lockdown effect
 		01.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA
Alliance to create circular economy / North American platform of Ellen MacArthur's global “Plastics Pact” / 50% recycling rate targeted
 		31.08.2020
USA
Hurricane Laura hits the coast of Louisiana / Large parts of polymer production and petrochemicals on the US Gulf Coast are paralysed / Prices gain momentum
 		28.08.2020
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