Commentaries

EDITORIAL Viessmann deal sends warning signal to German plastics converters	02.05.2023
EDITORIAL Of red lines and crossing them	01.03.2023
COMMENT PRE president Ton Emans reacts to MEPs' vote in favour of tighter waste shipment rules: “Plastics waste exports stop a key measure to keep valuable resources in the EU”	07.02.2023
EDITORIAL A lot of zeros, but not much behind them – why the announcements of polymer corporations must be put into perspective	27.01.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY “The plastics industry faces a decisive year in 2023”: Comment by Ingemar Bühler of Plastics Europe Deutschland	12.12.2022
EDITORIAL Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?	17.11.2022
EDITORIAL The pivotal quarter ahead	22.09.2022
COMMENT Chemical recycling: Not nearly enough hype / Why all recycling processes are important for a circular economy / A reply from Ingemar Bühler, managing director of Plastics Europe Deutschland	07.06.2022
EDITORIAL The perversity of war: Russia's billion-dollar export surplus	19.05.2022
PLASTICS MARKETS “If we comply with this dictated system, there will only be losers in the medium term – because with no market there is no profit” / Letter from a group of plastics processors to their own industry	05.05.2022
EDITORIAL We didn't start the fire …	21.03.2022
EDITORIAL Things could always be worse: War in Ukraine has thrown the plastics industry completely out of step	10.03.2022
EDITORIAL Energy surcharges: exploitation or necessity?	18.10.2021
COMMENT Pro EU plastics tax: “The plastics tax – an important impulse” / Tomasz Mikulski, ML Polyolefins	04.09.2020
COMMENT Con EU plastics tax: “We need a European plastics Marshall Plan” / Hannes Meier, M2 Consulting	04.09.2020
EDITORIAL Fakuma's organisers eliminate uncertainty	29.07.2020
COMMENT Plastpol President Andrzej Mochon: How does the plastics industry deal with the crisis?	02.06.2020
EDITORIAL Russian competition is also good for business!	20.11.2019
EDITORIAL Litmus test in Saudi Arabia	06.11.2019
EDITORIAL Speaking up for plastic bags	19.09.2019
EDITORIAL When will we take our fate into our own hands?	24.06.2019
EDITORIAL Röchling and its discussion culture	31.05.2019
EDITORIAL The participants at the “European Youth Debating Competition” are well ahead of some adults	22.05.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe hits out at EU “green” taxes and shale disadvantage / Open letter to the commission / “Nobody seriously invests in Europe”	15.02.2019
EDITORIAL Cyber security requires communication	17.12.2018

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