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AMCOR Packaging group expands UK recycling activities with pyrolysis plant	26.01.2026
INDORAMA VENTURES Thai PET giant ditches Czech recycler UCY Polymers / Sells all its 85% stake without getting anything in return	23.01.2026
LOGISTICS Crisis in European chemical industry weighs on business at major seaports / Following Maersk, CMA CGM also steering ships through Suez Canal again	23.01.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING ‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE	22.01.2026
COCA-COLA Beverage giant expands bottling capacity for rPET in Northern Ireland	21.01.2026
MENSING German recycling group acquires stake in Dutch compounder Schmidt International	19.01.2026
ALPLA Revenues rise in 2025 due to Americas, extrusion blow moulding operations / Plans to invest EUR 15 mn in recycling instead of EUR 50 mn	16.01.2026
LOGISTICS Shipping companies reduce transport capacity / Freight rates rise by double digits	16.01.2026
INTERVIEW Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president	16.01.2026
AMCOR Collaboration with Danish initiative targets rigid PE, PP food packaging reclaim	12.01.2026
LOGISTICS The cold causes freight rates to freeze / Reopening of Suez Canal could put pressure on prices	09.01.2026
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Study proposes measures to tackle plastics pollution / Urgent action needed in next five years / Suggested bans on PS, EPS, PVC packaging	07.01.2026
RECYCLING RecyClass updates guidance for labels and adhesives on PET bottles	07.01.2026
BOREALIS Polyolefin group acquires stake in BlueAlp	05.01.2026
RESEARCH Plasma-based recycling process for glass fibre-reinforced plastics under development in Germany	05.01.2026
LOGISTICS Freight rates on a roller coaster / Will the Suez Canal soon reopen to major traffic?	19.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues	18.12.2025
RECYCLING UK Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems	15.12.2025
USA Gap between US citizens' recycling intentions, actions / 77% report they recycle / WM survey highlights barriers	15.12.2025
LOGISTICS Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise	12.12.2025
ALPLA Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands	11.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed	10.12.2025
RECYCLING UK Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report	10.12.2025
GREENDOT German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy	10.12.2025
LOGISTICS Heavy shipping traffic on world's oceans causes freight rates to tumble / Intra-Asia routes the exception	05.12.2025

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