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SPAIN Government prepares ban on SUP for produce / Move complements plastics tax plans	28.09.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING EUROPE PlasticsEurope calls for 30% EU recycled content target by 2030 / EuPC warns of consequences	13.09.2021
EVENTS BPF webinar on chemical recycling / Sessions on life cycle assessments, closed loops for automotive plastics	31.08.2021
POLYREC European plastics reporting scheme adds members	06.08.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING Call for better design for recycling plastic products / Need for harmonised rules with focus on mechanical recycling / Zero Waste Europe paper	03.08.2021
VYNOVA Change in top management at PVC specialist	09.07.2021
BPF Webinar on ways to tackle marine litter with PlasticsEurope	26.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT DuPont shareholders ask company to disclose pellet-loss figures / NGO challenges US plastics producers on Operation Clean Sweep	13.05.2021
RECYCLING UK BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling	29.03.2021
SABIC rPET-based PBT resins divert over 100m single-use bottles from landfill / Sustainability benefits said to be verified	26.03.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING European industry associations establish joint reporting scheme / Adoption of mutual approach for data collection	24.03.2021
ENI / VERSALIS Porto Marghera cracker to be decommissioned in 2022 / Aromatics production also to cease / Former Versalis CEO Ferrari has joined SK Capital	16.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks	21.01.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY Pandemic hits economy / Global plastics production nears 370m t in 2019 / European output loses market share / Full recovery expected in 2022 / PlasticsEurope report	21.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT PlasticsEurope and EuPC collaborate on zero-pellet-loss certification scheme / Report analyses progress of sustainability projects	11.01.2021
PLASTICSEUROPE DEUTSCHLAND Ingemar Bühler named CEO of German branch	11.01.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Eastman to begin reporting plastic pellet spills	22.12.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT 2019 update of “Operation Clean Sweep” report / Almost 700 companies join programme for zero-pellet loss	23.10.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Proliferation of microplastics in Italian lakes up 400% in three years / “Life Blue Lakes” study funded by EU and PlasticsEurope	30.07.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging	22.07.2020
AGILYX Trinseo's Tim Stedman to take over as CEO / Public listing in Nordic region planned / New subsidiary Cyclyx using AI / TechnipFMC partnership on chemical recycling of PS	22.07.2020
PLASTICSEUROPE Subdued mood among German polymer producers / Economic figures for 2019 and pandemic effects / Germany's processors order less material	06.07.2020
PLASTICSEUROPE Covestro CEO Markus Steilemann is new president	25.06.2020
PCEP Polyolefins recycling organisation calls for European recovery focused on circular economy	19.06.2020