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UK
Shift to greener economy could provide UK firms with GBP 1 tn net-zero transition windfall / McKinsey report
 		01.11.2021
CHINA
Energy policy hits PET output / Officials likely to ease power use cutbacks
 		25.10.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA
Shipments down sharply in 2020 / 2.2% rise forecast for 2021 / Plastics products still 8th largest US industry
 		25.10.2021
TURKEY
Record 2021 expected for plastics goods / Resin consumption by value forecast up 50% / Plastics material trade deficit to be worst yet
 		20.08.2021
CHINA
Construction halted at possible record-setting coal chemical facility
 		17.08.2021
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Western Balkan upgrades present investment opportunities / Croatia ranks high in household waste recycling growth / National ban on single-use plastics
 		28.07.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA
First-quarter machinery shipments dip / US plastics trade hits USD 15.6 bn in 2020 / Chemical sales expected to rise in 2021
 		20.07.2021
CHINA
EUR 364m loan from World Bank to improve plastics waste management / Project centred on Ningbo and Chongqing
 		08.07.2021
ARAB GULF STATES
Sustainability goals drive GCC move to circular economy / Plastics-to-fuel a key trend / Frost & Sullivan report
 		30.06.2021
TURKEY
Demand, output of construction plastics rise in Q1 / Foreign trade expands / PU shows highest growth rate
 		16.06.2021
TURKEY
Plastics demand rises in 2020 on higher domestic sales / Import and export volumes grow / Economic woes continue
 		07.04.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING MOROCCO
Project MOSSUP to tackle SUP waste / Pilot projects with supermarkets in trial phase
 		31.03.2021
RUSSIA
Billions in petrochemicals investments seek to make country an export nation by 2025 / Nord Stream 2 as acid test / Domestic demand grows faster than polymer production
 		09.03.2021
TURKEY
Plastics association proposes solutions to surging resin prices / Domestic producers should sell to local processors / Calls for pausing import duties
 		10.02.2021
ASIA
Economic activity set to rebound in 2021 / Slow, partial decoupling from China / New US administration to have positive effect on Chinese relations / Atradius report
 		27.01.2021
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