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PACKAGING REGULATION Tethered caps now mandatory across the EU / Plastic lids account for up to 7% of recycling streams	09.07.2024
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY “Plastics recycling as a whole is under scrutiny”: Words of warning at bvse's international Waste Plastics Day	18.06.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING Recyclate use quotas cannot be met, industry warns / European associations call for credit system	20.10.2023
PET RECYCLING Price trumps the environment / Urgent letter from French recycling group	28.07.2023
LOBBE German film recycler FVH ceases operations / High costs, weak demand make reclaim business unprofitable	15.06.2023
PLASTICS RECYCLING German recyclers in great distress / “Brutal price war”: Cheap virgin material lowers demand for reclaim - bvse conference	14.06.2023
PLASTICS MARKETS GERMANY Material flow analysis: Where does the material come from and where does it go? How much is recycled? / Q&A session with Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner	11.01.2023
LOGISTICS Germany's DB Cargo to increases freight rates up to 45% / Criticism from trade associations	21.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging association discusses EU plans for minimum recyclate content	20.09.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY Considerable profit-margin problems / Reduction of bureaucracy and lower recyclate quotas called for / International recycling conference by bvse	06.07.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY CEEAG: German waste disposal association criticises latest EU aid framework / Exclusion of recycling companies from renewable energy act compensation scheme	28.01.2022
PLASTICS WASTE EU proposes tighter shipment rules / Recyclate trade could become easier within trading bloc	13.12.2021
FAKUMA German plastics trade fair begins / 1,470 exhibitors from 39 countries expected / PIE and sister publications in attendance	12.10.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING German processors straining under current raw material situation / Covid challenges: winners and losers / Consumer preferences vs. the power of trade / Composite packaging as a problem	06.07.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING Recyclers under pressure on three sides – plunging sales, shortage of base material and low virgin material prices / Production lines shut down till July / Fear of irreparable damage	20.05.2020
RECYCLING Waste management considered essential in Covid-19 pandemic / Germany's bvse calls for interest-free loans for recyclers / Unrestricted EU waste flows urgently needed	21.04.2020
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS German government launches plastic bag ban / Recycling association rejects plans / Japan wants to lower consumption	12.11.2019
PLASTICS WASTE Associations criticise new export regulations / Collapse of international trade feared / Intra-EU waste streams may face new hurdles / European exports continue to slide	31.05.2019
RECYCLING GERMANY Federal cartel office intends to block merger of two waste management firms / Proposed takeover of DSD by Remondis could lead to higher market prices	24.04.2019
EURIC European plastics recycling branch created / Main focus on end-of-life durable plastics	14.03.2019
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY Polymer production rises to 11m t in 2017 / A mere 12% of plastics is recycled / Conversio study documents use of recyclate and balance of trade for first time	26.10.2018
GLOBAL PLASTICS RECYCLING Resistance to imports of plastics waste is growing in Southeast Asia / Vietnam imposes several-month ban on imports / More than 1,000 Chinese recycling plants in the region / CRRA reports	02.07.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EU waste exports to China plummet / Southeast Asia takes up some slack / Strong Chinese demand for high-quality recyclates drives prices up	20.04.2018
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING Federal association laments poor market conditions / Warns that European PET recycling does not live up to its full potential	20.02.2013