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POLAND Plastpol 2024 sees uptick in international attendance / Green transition, energy efficiency, competitiveness dominate discussions	14.06.2024
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
PFAS US accelerates campaign against “forever chemicals” / Will avalanche of class action lawsuits hit manufacturers?	10.06.2024
SPAIN Waste management body accused of manipulating plastic bottle collection rates / Environmentalists insist on immediate DRS implementation	04.06.2024
STELLANTIS Electric vehicle JV to ramp up sales across Europe, India, and beyond / Huge lack of charging points across Europe	04.06.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY Planned plastics tax favours paper composites – GVM study	04.06.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Has requirement to offer reusable packaging for takeaway failed? / Minimal usage rate in 2023 / More municipalities look into packaging tax / New regulation by PPWR?	03.06.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Production and sales up in Q1 / “Only a positive momentary snapshot” – VCI report	31.05.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY Growth ‘considerably better' than predicted / Slight rise anticipated in 2025 / Weakness in Europe, emerging markets going strong	30.05.2024
BPF Nigel Flowers re-elected president of British Plastics Federation	30.05.2024
EUROPEAN PIPES MARKET “There are so many reporting regulations” / SMEs particularly burdened / Teppfa critical of sector's exclusion from sustainable financing / Interview with general manager Ludo Debever	29.05.2024
TPC US authorities fine petchems maker USD 30 mn for 2019 blasts / Remedial and safety measures worth USD 80 mn mandated	29.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY DIHK survey: Mood in chemical industry brightens slightly / Plastics industry remains pessimistic	29.05.2024
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY EU registrations rise almost 14% in April / More sales days support upswing / EVs take lead in market share, trade group says	28.05.2024
PLASTICS EUROPE DEUTSCHLAND Managing director Ingemar Bühler leaves association	28.05.2024
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EPA reveals results of two phthalate assessments / DIDP with mostly clean bill of health; DINP eyed more critically	24.05.2024
SUSTAINABILITY Four EU member states call for sustainable carbon policy package / Proposals aim to strengthen uptake of green feedstocks and boost European competitiveness internationally	15.05.2024
EPS British Plastics Federation counters newspaper's claims about expanded polystyrene	15.05.2024
PLASTICS RECYCLING RecyClass turns its attention to E&E, automotive	15.05.2024
TEPPFA Plastic pipes group urges EU policymakers to consider building sector's needs for Green Deal	14.05.2024
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE Consumer-goods giant says it might not meet key packaging circularity target by 2025	14.05.2024
UNILEVER Giant admits to failure of sustainability target / Management should “hang their heads in shame” – Greenpeace	13.05.2024
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Industry initiative Operation Clean Sweep expands presence to 65 countries / 2023 Global Impact report	10.05.2024
UN PLASTICS TREATY “The work is far from over”: Polymer production remains contentious in fourth session / Some convergence on waste management, recycling / 170 nations strive toward a global agreement	09.05.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE “EU member states can exempt their economies for five years” / Lawyer Christian Alexander Mayer talks to PIE about special national routes for the PPWR	09.05.2024

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