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AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
Provisional ELVR deal sets 15% recycled content target after six years / Closed-loop share fixed at 20%
12.12.2025
POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE
China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected
12.12.2025
YEAR-ENDERS
Out with 2025, in with 2026 – PIE series
12.12.2025
BOREALIS / BOROUGE
Low-cost mechanically recycled polyolefin compounds aim to boost global acceptance of recyclates
12.12.2025
LOGISTICS
Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise
12.12.2025
COVESTRO
Acquisition by Adnoc completed
11.12.2025
RUSSIA
Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain
11.12.2025
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
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study
10.12.2025
GREENDOT
German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy
10.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure
09.12.2025
EU POLICY
Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly
09.12.2025
SOUTH KOREA
Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities
09.12.2025
UK CONSTRUCTION
Output continues to slide / New orders down / Sector employment numbers fall for 11th month in a row
08.12.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION
“We are no longer exporting our waste problems” / What amendment to EU waste shipment regulation means for plastics industry / Interview with SAM managing director Olaf Kropp
08.12.2025
AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS
IK calls for binding EPR rules for disposal and recycling in Europe
08.12.2025
ENSINGER
Plastics processor cuts 100 jobs at German plants
08.12.2025
LOGISTICS
Heavy shipping traffic on world's oceans causes freight rates to tumble / Intra-Asia routes the exception
05.12.2025
GARBO
Major chemical PET recycling project in Italy / EU funding for ChemPET technology
05.12.2025
TREOFAN
Investor takes over insolvent film manufacturer / Almost half of employees to lose jobs
04.12.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Global Commitment to cut virgin plastics use sees progress despite challenges / Government policies needed to spur leading FMCG companies into action
04.12.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Sabic declares force majeure for deliveries from Wilton
03.12.2025
HUNTSMAN
Shutdown of major MDI line in Netherlands / No impact on availability expected
03.12.2025
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