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EU POLICY Commission presents Action Plan to address capacity closure risks / Streamlining of ECHA and REACH envisaged	17.07.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING ITALY Mechanical recycling bounces back despite persistent challenges / Sector loses nearly third of its turnover over two years	16.07.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY First-quarter production up significantly / Future seems dim – Plastics Europe	16.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Outlook for third quarter – IK business survey / Cautious optimism after difficult start to the year	15.07.2025
EU POLICY Funding framework for Clean Industrial Deal projects stands / Focus on renewables / “Long term predictability for business”	14.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EuPC warns reusable alternatives to SUP pallet wraps could backfire / Study estimates added annual costs at EUR 4.9 bn in eight sectors	14.07.2025
MICROPLASTICS Joint technical paper to help companies with new REACH labelling requirement	09.07.2025
PACKAGING LABELLING Europen slams proposed, new EU waste-sorting label rules	09.07.2025
EUPC New films group formed within plastics converters' association / Zelcher elected founding president	08.07.2025
POLYURETHANE FOAM European market constrained by slow demand, rising costs / Sustainability high on the agenda – Europur conference	07.07.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Proposals for new maritime plastic-pellet transport rules rejected / UN experts meet	07.07.2025
PACKAGING UK Government unveils base fees for packaging producers under EPR scheme / Most lower than illustrative fees announced in December	04.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Industry in ‘stand-by' mode – VCI / Production, sales below previous year's level	03.07.2025
PLASTICS EUROPE Benny Mermans named president of European trade association	01.07.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING Market protection and trade control: industry in danger through fraudulent imports – Bvse / 27th International Waste Plastics Day in Dresden	01.07.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY Fewer exports from Europe / Germany, Austria, France struggling / India booms as importing country	30.06.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions	27.06.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Mixed signals from EU registrations / UK sales rise / Chinese firms double market share	26.06.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE Cefic unveils five-point plan to accelerate shift to circular economy / Trade body urges action over ambition	26.06.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Slight rise in production / Front-loading effects due to threat of US tariffs / Decline in polymer revenue continues	25.06.2025
EUPC Federica Gallicchio appointed managing director / Association launches European Plastic Films group	19.06.2025
PLASTIC RECYCLING 27th International Waste Plastics Day set to take place on 24-25 June in Germany / PIE market expert Martin Bäcker to give presentation	19.06.2025
PLASTICS WASTE OECD records another fall in global trade for 2023 / More waste sent to non-member countries, halting previous trend	18.06.2025
CHEMICAL RECYCLING EUROPE New guidelines published for best practices in chemical recycling / Framework spells out clarity and recommendations for companies	18.06.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY The year 2024 swayed between crisis and catastrophe / Stagnation at best expected in current year / Increasing pressure of competition from Asia	17.06.2025

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