US reprocessing flat as exports fall / Industry and government driving reuse

ARA achieves record result / Plastic packaging collection continues to grow

Drastic increase in free capacity for European road freight transport

Damning report highlights growth of plastic packaging across supermarket sector / Rise in sale of reusable, thicker plastic carrier bags

European industry's outlook appears more subdued / Many companies worried about impacts of global trade conflicts, the automotive crisis and regulations / PIE Readers Survey

“Recover” act to improve recycling infrastructure / Support along the entire national value chain

Plastics companies seek to improve recycling of multilayer food packaging to obtain high-quality recycled PA / Aimplas project

Sharp change of direction toward circular economy / Away from industrial civilisation to ecological civilisation / Representatives of China at "K"

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The curtains go up / Düsseldorf at the centre of the plastics world for a week / Circular economy features strongly at this year's K / Partnerships along the entire value chain gain importance

Zero Waste Europe recommends changes to EU waste rules on chemical recycling / Plastics to fuels could undermine circular economy goals / ChemRecEurope supports all methods

UK to get national collection scheme for non-packaging agriplastics

EU waste exports decline again / Indonesia sends further contaminated containers back and introduces waste segregation

US is world's largest contributor / Plastics scrap import bans exacerbate problem / Verisk Maplecroft report

Tonnage decreases with challenging two years after China's import ban / "Strong domestic markets for recycling" / CPIA report