PA 6: Envalior ends force majeure for caprolactam

Little output growth seen for 2024 / Plastics buyers to continue struggling / Competition with US and China a challenge

Country must address future gap in plastics waste supply and demand / Millions to be invested in chemical recycling facilities – KPMG report

Floods strike parts of NW Europe / Panama Canal faces drought / Freight rates climb sharply

PET association Napcor: “We urgently need to forge ahead with recycling” / Collection systems stagnating

Better results likely in 2024 / Demand to remain soft / Firms send mixed messages

Will advanced – or chemical – recycling be the silver bullet for hard-to-recycle plastics?

Red Sea attacks rattle world trade / Freight rates rise as container ships take detours

Multiple factors stoke costs / Lower bills on the horizon

Reclaim volumes for plastics, glass decline / Some targets clearly missed / Demand for polymer packaging to ease most

The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties

High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe

Veil of gloom remains / Sales, output fall in 2023 / More declines expected in coming year

Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom

Moscow attacks, Europe adapts / Future impact as hard to predict as the outcome of the war