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PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response
 		30.09.2025
PFAS
ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026
 		25.09.2025
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
TecPart president calls for ‘freedom to act' at annual conference / Executive board confirmed in office
 		25.09.2025
RECYCLING UK
Recoup urges stricter checks on recycled content claims / Weak oversight damaging industry competitiveness
 		24.09.2025
EU PLASTICS TAX
Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund
 		23.09.2025
POLAND
DRS to launch 1 October despite protests / Council of entrepreneurs warns of high costs, limited effectiveness / Public backlash threatens to derail reform
 		18.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action
 		17.09.2025
TRADE WAR
US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch
 		11.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”
 		05.09.2025
PLASTICS TAX UK
PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year
 		03.09.2025
TRADE WAR
EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment
 		02.09.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Global chemical coalition launches innovation platform / Start-ups, academia collaborate with industry leaders to catalyse sustainability
 		02.09.2025
SPAIN
Bottle deposit system to become mandatory end of 2026 / Recycling targets missed
 		01.09.2025
PFAS
ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision
 		26.08.2025
TURKEY
Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations
 		22.08.2025
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