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PORTUGAL DRS rollout scheduled for April 2026 / Zero contamination required for recycled content targets	18.11.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Downturn deepens in 2024 as structural pressures drag on / Data shows first-ever drop in input and output – PRE report	17.11.2025
PET PACKAGING South Korea, Japan raise stakes over recycled content / New rules covering bottles come into effect in January	17.11.2025
MKV German compounder expands North America business / US subsidiary founded	17.11.2025
INTERVIEW “How long European PET producers can hang on depends on how long the companies can afford to keep losing money” – Petcore president Antonello Ciotti	14.11.2025
LOGISTICS Von der Leyen-Trump handshake has little impact / Container handling in Europe declines	14.11.2025
BRAZIL Government launches national plastics decree / Mandatory targets set for packaging recycling	12.11.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING Europewide DIN standard for recyclate classification published	11.11.2025
SPAIN ANAIP joins industry SOS to EU regulators over competitiveness / Spanish tax on non-reusable plastic packaging wreaks havoc on supply chain	10.11.2025
UK CONSTRUCTION Output falls at fastest rate in five years / Lack of work hitting civil engineering firms	10.11.2025
SYNPET Mammoth plastics waste recycling plant in Antwerp close to realisation / End-product a naphtha substitute	10.11.2025
RECYCLING NETHERLANDS More than EUR 18 mn in grants awarded to nine circular plastic projects / Circular Plastics NL 2025 sets EUR 100 mn in co-funding in motion	07.11.2025
LOGISTICS Maersk cautions on freight rates after strong Q3 / Hapag-Lloyd puts 12th container giant into service / Freight rates facing a turnaround?	07.11.2025
TOMRA Scalable, high-quality sorting line for mixed plastics waste officially opens / Plant to sort 80% of Norway's packaging refuse by 2030	07.11.2025
GLOBAL TRADE Business failures to grow in 2025, 2026 / US, Chinese companies drive trend / Four key vulnerabilities highlighted / Better outlook for 2027	05.11.2025
UPDATE - REMAT MOL shuts down operations at Hungarian polyolefin recycler	05.11.2025
PACKAGING WASTE Eurostat data shows wide variation in progress towards 2030 plastics recycling targets / Reclaim slightly higher in 2023 / Plastic bag use declines	04.11.2025
US TRADE Trump's tariffs barely impact US plastics industry – Pineda / Industry association briefing points to slight supply chain disruptions	03.11.2025
LOGISTICS Trump-Xi meeting pauses port fee dispute / Freight rates for shipments to and from China rise significantly	31.10.2025
COMPOSITES EuCIA co-creates new composites alliance / Formed with JEC, industry group to advance circularity of composites	31.10.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PIE speaks to PRE president Ton Emans about fraudulent recyclate imports, plant closures, energy prices, and much more	30.10.2025
ENDOLYS Chemical recycling group to establish ‘country's first' plastic film recycling plant	30.10.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Film prices drop in Q3 / Situation remains ‘challenging' / Hopes of small upturn in private consumption by year-end	29.10.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Electric, hybrid vehicles drive growth in September / Germany, Belgium lead way / China's BYD quadruples volume over 2024	29.10.2025
OMV Large-scale pyrolysis plant in Austria now not expected to be built until 2030	29.10.2025

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