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PLASTICS PROCESSING
Economic consequences of Covid-19 to peak in next six weeks / Advice to converters – continue production at full speed, then stop / Germany's ArGeZ sees technical parts manufacturing halting between end of March and end of April
 		23.03.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polycarbonate: Covestro declares force majeure at Northern Italian site in Filago / Production suspended due to coronavirus
 		20.03.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
European and US vehicle production shutting down due to Covid-19 / Car giants dealing with supply disruptions and plummeting demand
 		20.03.2020
SINGAPORE
Outline of steps in zero waste vision / Implementation of EPR framework / Deposit refund scheme to start by 2022
 		20.03.2020
AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING
New Spanish association for managing films waste
 		20.03.2020
LOGISTICS
Considerable delivery delays due to coronavirus pandemic / "Rotation has been disrupted" / Ships piling up at Chinese ports / Cargo rates collapsing / Situation not expected to normalise until after summer
 		19.03.2020
TPC
Job cuts at Texas petchem complex / Reconstruction of butadiene site will take years
 		19.03.2020
CHINA
PET inventories overflowing / India, Philippines and Russia top importers for Chinese bottle chips / Coronavirus pandemic won't improve oversupply
 		18.03.2020
GLOBAL CHEMICALS ECONOMY
Output down sharply in January / Coronavirus already bites China / US plastics production up
 		18.03.2020
ITALY
Nationwide lockdown abruptly halts activity / Domo's PA 6 production still running / FCA shuts down Italian, Polish and Serbian production sites / Aid for SMEs affected by Covid-19
 		17.03.2020
ITALY
Machinery makers in operation / Sluggish delivery surfacing / Lombardy's Radici running production with required coronavirus precautions
 		16.03.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA
Greenpeace releases survey on plastics recyclability / US recyclers not equipped to sort plastics beyond PET and HDPE bottles
 		11.03.2020
TDI
India to extend anti-dumping measures to Europe, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and UAE
 		10.03.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Slump in foreign trade hits Italian manufacturers in 2019 / Imports hit harder than exports / Sales to US and China rise
 		09.03.2020
PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK
Tariff-free trade the most important outcome of UK-EU trade talks / BPF survey
 		06.03.2020
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