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LOGISTICS
Mindless shopping frenzy at Temu & co.: How the West's “It's wiser to be a miser” mentality is causing global container freight rates to skyrocket
 		14.06.2024
GERMAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Massive volume reduction and falling prices: Industry stuck in valley of tears / Significant losses for plastics processors too / No improvement expected this year
 		13.06.2024
BIOPLASTICS
Policy incentives drive growth in China's biopolymers industry / Investments have led to excess capacity – nova-Institute report
 		13.06.2024
AUTOMOTIVE
Germany's automotive industry set to lose about 90,000 jobs by 2030 / Sector must look at new recruitment techniques to plug vacancies gap
 		11.06.2024
LOGISTICS
In search of cargo space: a story of Chinese EV exports and skyrocketing freight rates
 		07.06.2024
PVC RECYCLING
Volume of recovered waste in Europe heavily declines in 2023 – VinylPlus report / Challenging regulatory, macroeconomic climate impacts demand, says chairman
 		06.06.2024
UZBEKISTAN
Russia maintains anti-dumping duty on HDPE imports / Exports to be cornerstone of future MTO gas-to-methane complex / Deliveries to the EU are not ruled out
 		05.06.2024
SPAIN
Waste management body accused of manipulating plastic bottle collection rates / Environmentalists insist on immediate DRS implementation
 		04.06.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY
Planned plastics tax favours paper composites – GVM study
 		04.06.2024
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Drought in Mexico sends more plants into recess / Bottlenecks, firmer prices for the whitener likely in Europe
 		03.06.2024
INEOS
Force majeure on HDPE from Belgium lifted
 		03.06.2024
RECYCLING EUROPE
“EU member states must open the door to chemical recycling” / Position paper details 11-point requirement to unlock potential in recycling technologies
 		03.06.2024
LOGISTICS
Carriers slowly find their way back to Ukraine / Deutsche Bahn's logistics division estimated at EUR 15 bn / Freight rates continue to rise
 		31.05.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Production and sales up in Q1 / “Only a positive momentary snapshot” – VCI report
 		31.05.2024
RECYCLING UK
Marks & Spencer joins Polytag's Ecotrace Programme / SUP packaging to be tracked using invisible UV tags
 		31.05.2024
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