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EU TRADE
Brussels to cut imports of chemicals from China – report / Are plastics first target? / Strategy follows deal to cap hybrid EV shipments
 		27.10.2026
PACKAGING WASTE
EU generated 81.5 mn t of plastic packaging waste in 2024 – Eurostat / Latvia retains recycling crown
 		26.10.2026
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
Sales up over 10% / EVs capture more than 75% of new registrations / Chinese suppliers enjoy big gains
 		23.10.2026
PACKAGING
Better rigid packaging design would benefit workers in LMICs / Report recommends three key principles to boost recycling, cut plastics pollution, and raise incomes
 		19.10.2026
REUSABLE PACKAGING
Providers of reusable shipping packaging plan joint return network in Europe / Standardised packaging sizes and formats being tested
 		14.10.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Production rises counter to market trend / Films decline, rigid packaging gains ground – GADV study 2025
 		13.10.2026
EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
Weakness in building activity persists / Residential output crumbles / German industrial property values to rise – analysts
 		12.10.2026
PET RECYCLING GERMANY
Recycled content in drinks bottles rises to 58% – GVM study
 		08.10.2026
UK CONSTRUCTION
Overall output decline slows in September / Another large UK housebuilder expects 2026 loss
 		07.10.2026
PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY
Industry less pessimistic about final quarter / Sales expectations improve / One in five companies still expects job cuts – IK economic survey
 		06.10.2026
EUROPEAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY
What Europe buys matters more than what it spends / Analyst sees biggest upside from drones, composites, radar / Rearmament offers diversification, not volume replacement
 		30.09.2026
EUROPEAN MUSIC INDUSTRY
Small record companies falling foul of PPWR / Some labels may have to give up exporting due to cost burden
 		28.09.2026
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
EVs take another percentage point of market share / Now level with petrol sales / Charging infrastructure, local battery production lag
 		25.09.2026
RIGID PET FILM
PPWR triggers push for development / Capacity increase essential – Forum Rezyklat study / NAPCOR calls for political support
 		21.09.2026
UK CONSTRUCTION
Housebuilding decline drives down output in August / Major UK housebuilder warns it will make loss this year
 		08.09.2026
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