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UK CONSTRUCTION
Activity decline slows for second month in a row / Post-Budget clarity helps sector / Sentiment bounces back somewhat
 		10.02.2026
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY
Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act
 		10.02.2026
LOGISTICS
Freight rates remain calm / US-Iran conflict delays resumption of Suez Canal route / Maersk announces 1,000 job cuts
 		06.02.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Inovyn announces production shutdown in Martorell / Tunnel between France and Spain closed
 		05.02.2026
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Prices for films in Europe declined in Q4 / Shift to discounters, private labels supports demand to limited extent
 		03.02.2026
USA
Winter Storm Fern: impact on European supply expected to be limited to PE
 		30.01.2026
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares second force majeure / Start-up problems at Ineos / Fire breaks out in Geleen
 		30.01.2026
LOGISTICS
Hapag-Lloyd still hesitant to sail through Red Sea / Associations call on politicians to solve lorry driver shortage
 		30.01.2026
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag
 		28.01.2026
RECYCLING EUROPE
Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute
 		28.01.2026
PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Deposit scheme boosts recycling volumes / Sales weaker than last year
 		28.01.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German business confidence unchanged / Mood worsens among plastics processors / Eurozone manufacturing improves
 		27.01.2026
WIND TURBINES
Europe added 6.8 GW of wind capacity in H1 2025 / Landfill ban for blades comes into effect / Turnaround year expected in 2026
 		27.01.2026
UPDATE - EU TRADE
Parliament freezes US trade deal / Zero tariffs for plastics, chemicals shelved / Mercosur agreement on hold for judicial review
 		23.01.2026
LOGISTICS
Crisis in European chemical industry weighs on business at major seaports / Following Maersk, CMA CGM also steering ships through Suez Canal again
 		23.01.2026
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