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RECYCLING EUROPE Swedish research shows quality, not quantity, delivers climate benefits / Call for EU legislators to focus on more than recycling rates	11.02.2026
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act	10.02.2026
EXXONMOBIL Petchem giant puts third chemical recycling unit in Texas into operation	10.02.2026
AGILYX Norwegian company gives up on investments in US chemical recycling plants / Plans to expand GreenDot through European acquisitions	06.02.2026
BZB Spanish waste management firm significantly expands LVP sorting capacity	06.02.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'	04.02.2026
PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA Deposit scheme boosts recycling volumes / Sales weaker than last year	28.01.2026
WIND TURBINES Europe added 6.8 GW of wind capacity in H1 2025 / Landfill ban for blades comes into effect / Turnaround year expected in 2026	27.01.2026
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT California recycling rates in sub-basement / State action to deal with SUP glut stalled / Fresh revision of regulatory proposals held back again	26.01.2026
INDORAMA VENTURES Thai PET giant ditches Czech recycler UCY Polymers / Sells all its 85% stake without getting anything in return	23.01.2026
PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority	22.01.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING ‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE	22.01.2026
PET RECYCLING EU seeks industry feedback on PET bottle recyclability guidelines	21.01.2026
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE Plastics Europe Polska calls for urgent action, proposes establishment of Chemicals and Plastics Trade Observatory	21.01.2026
INTERVIEW Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president	16.01.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING POLAND Industry struggling for survival across Europe amid dwindling profitability / ‘The more companies fail in the West, the more will survive in the Eastern EU'	15.01.2026
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Technology of future or token gesture? Only around one third of planned recycling facilities likely to be built – Conversio study	14.01.2026
AMCOR Collaboration with Danish initiative targets rigid PE, PP food packaging reclaim	12.01.2026
RECYCLING RecyClass updates guidance for labels and adhesives on PET bottles	07.01.2026
PACKAGING SWITZERLAND Government sets out plan for minimum 55% reclaim rate for SUP packaging	06.01.2026
BOREALIS Polyolefin group acquires stake in BlueAlp	05.01.2026
RESEARCH Plasma-based recycling process for glass fibre-reinforced plastics under development in Germany	05.01.2026
YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues	18.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL Closure of former APK recycling plant in Germany	17.12.2025
PLASTICS TAX UK BPF hails government's mass-balance decision / Move gives companies confidence to invest in recycling facilities, says trade group	15.12.2025

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