PET RECYCLING DENMARK

Dansk Retursystem starts up new plant in Taastrup

UPDATE - ITALY

Manufacturing of plastic products and machinery can continue / Conte and eight EU heads ask for coordination in Europe during "unprecedented shock"

CHINA

PET inventories overflowing / India, Philippines and Russia top importers for Chinese bottle chips / Coronavirus pandemic won't improve oversupply

ITALY

Nationwide lockdown abruptly halts activity / Domo's PA 6 production still running / FCA shuts down Italian, Polish and Serbian production sites / Aid for SMEs affected by Covid-19

CHINA

Plastics companies hope for "post-epidemic" rebound

TURKEY

Plastics processing volumes rising / Lower raw material prices depress industry sales / Expansion of exports / Pagev criticises low added value and volume of raw material imports

PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK

Significant downside anticipated from coronavirus in coming months / Packaging companies see rise in demand / BPF survey

PLASTICS PROCESSING

Economic consequences of Covid-19 to peak in next six weeks / Advice to converters – continue production at full speed, then stop / Germany's ArGeZ sees technical parts manufacturing halting between end of March and end of April

PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK

Tariff-free trade the most important outcome of UK-EU trade talks / BPF survey

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY

Not a good year for the industry / Technical parts show a marked decline / Only construction sector reported a rise / Willingness to invest expected to fall / Stable turnover in 2020 would be optimistic

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

3D printing reaches critical mass in the industry / Companies relying on in-house printing / Time is key factor in development / "Formnext" trade fair in full flight

SINGAPORE

Outline of steps in zero waste vision / Implementation of EPR framework / Deposit refund scheme to start by 2022

AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING

New Spanish association for managing films waste

LOGISTICS

Considerable delivery delays due to coronavirus pandemic / "Rotation has been disrupted" / Ships piling up at Chinese ports / Cargo rates collapsing / Situation not expected to normalise until after summer

PLASTICS RECYCLING USA

Greenpeace releases survey on plastics recyclability / US recyclers not equipped to sort plastics beyond PET and HDPE bottles

PLASTICS ECONOMY

PIE Readers Survey: Europe's plastics industry largely weathers the storm / One third of companies plan to invest more / Plastics-related regulations a growing concern / Majority expect backlash against plastics to impact business