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SPAIN Nationwide plastic packaging tax begins / Consumers can expect higher prices / Competition officials intervene in auctions held by local waste firm Ecoembes	20.01.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UK: Recoup first 'supporter' of BPF's Ocean Clean Sweep scheme / Over 140 members sign up against pellet loss	09.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ANAIP, Plastic Europe renew programme aimed at zero pellet losses / Spanish certification initiative to be scaled up to European level	16.09.2022
RECYCLING SPAIN Chemical recycling set for boom / Packaging reclaim at all-time high	09.08.2022
PORTUGAL Ban on SUP products / Lightweight plastic bags to be discontinued	23.12.2021
MEDICAL PLASTICS Report assails European hospital purchasing, waste practices / Calls for lower consumption	06.12.2021
SPAIN Government prepares ban on SUP for produce / Move complements plastics tax plans	28.09.2021
SPAIN National report: Coronavirus-related economic slump impacts plastics processing / CEP association expects massive drop in production value in 2020 / Supply bottlenecks exacerbate current situation	30.04.2021
SPAIN Covid-19 crisis hits economy / Q3 GDP down year-on-year / Weakness follows pressure on sales by plastics processing sector in 2019 / Volume decline for machinery imports	02.11.2020
REPSOL Alliance with polyolefins recycler Acteco to increase capacity at Spanish recycling plant	19.08.2020
SPAIN Plastic packaging tax to buffer heavy coronavirus spending	08.06.2020
SPAIN National supply chains must switch to medical supplies and protective gear to aid coronavirus fight / Prime minister Sánchez wants “Marshall Plan” for Europe / Support from 3D printing is indispensable	07.04.2020
SPAIN Government plans tax on single-use plastic packaging	23.03.2020
PORTUGAL Country joins global "Plastics Pact" network / Aim to recycle 70% of packaging by 2025	18.02.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN Strong growth in recycling rate of post-consumer packaging in 2018 / Total of almost 572,000 t / Cicloplast report	10.09.2019
SPAIN Production value of plastics processing declines slightly / Employment now above the pre-crisis level / GDP growth loses dynamism / Political uncertainties continue	05.04.2019
SPAIN Plastics processing industry remains dynamic / Production value and employment now only just below pre-crisis level / Political uncertainties could have negative effect	06.07.2018
SPAIN Ban on disposable plastic tableware from 2020? / PS packaging targeted / Iberostar hotels eliminating single-use items	17.05.2018
SPANISH PACKAGING INDUSTRY Economic recovery helps sector gain highest business volume in 10 years / Rising number of plastic containers companies / "Hispack" 2018 attendee numbers up	16.05.2018
SPAIN Circular economy agreement signed by CEP / Over 250 Spanish signatories	14.03.2018
SPAIN Economic revival spurs growth in plastic packaging / GlobalData report	16.11.2017
SPAIN Increase in machine sales / "Equiplast" attendance points to economic upswing of Spanish plastics sector	16.10.2017
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN Levels increase sevenfold since 2000 / Packaging recycling rates reach 42.5% across domestic, commercial and industrial sectors / Limits to recyclability / Cicloplast survey	12.09.2016
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN Spanish household recycling up 10.7% in 2014 / Improved sorting	15.10.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS Spanish plastics association ANAIP joins “Polymers for Europe Alliance” / “Best European Polymer Producer Award”	12.10.2015

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