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PLASTIC PACKAGING German legislators want changes to planned EU regulation / Practical recycling criteria required	31.05.2023
GERMAN PACKAGING MARKET IK trade group survey Q2: Manufacturers' sales, earnings under pressure / Sales prices plummet / Raw material availability stable	23.05.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING Interpack announces PackTheFuture Awards / Focus on sustainable solutions	17.05.2023
PACKAGING European trade bodies warn of waste regulation disparity / EU market rules needed for circular economy / Varying national laws said to cause difficulties	25.04.2023
GERMAN PACKAGING MARKET Trade group survey sees end of downward sales trend / Earnings projections remain negative	13.02.2023
EPS RECYCLING Collaboration aims to increase EPS/XPS recycling in France / Pilot project for sorting and processing EPS packaging waste in Germany	23.01.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact	08.12.2022
PACKAGING Proposed EU quotas on reusable plastics are incomprehensible, says Germany's IK / Reusable quotas for beverages not ambitious enough, says NGO	07.12.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE	16.11.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs	11.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?	24.10.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann	29.09.2022
EDITORIAL The pivotal quarter ahead	22.09.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY Overall market for packaging materials on the rise / Plastics again have biggest share in terms of value	21.09.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging association discusses EU plans for minimum recyclate content	20.09.2022
ENERGY The worst is yet to come: French, German plastic packaging groups warn of impact from soaring prices / Survival at risk for 60% of UK manufacturers	12.09.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY Stunning blow for GKV: assembly of delegates excludes TecPart from the association / Departing President Roth: “irreconcilable differences” / Election of new president failed	24.06.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY Consumption up 14% in the past 20 years / Increased demand for reduced sizes / “Next milestone must be the recyclability of packaging” – GVM study	24.06.2022
RUSSIA EU sanctions hit German plastics industry to a varying extent / Trade associations warn of gas embargo / Banks affected by Swift exclusion / German federal office publishes list of sanctions for polymers	12.04.2022
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Draft law calls for processors to pay for disposal of throwaway products / Packaging group claims proposal flouts EU regs	08.04.2022
PACKAGING MARKET Better to turn down orders than produce unprofitably? Plastics converters caught between high raw material prices and exploding energy and logistics costs	28.02.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY Industry association warns of bankruptcies due to high energy costs / Ability to deliver curtailed	13.01.2022
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Forum PET welcomes extension to mandatory deposit scheme / Additional 44,000 t of rPET in the bottle-to-bottle recycling loop	03.01.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS EuPC: Packaging producers voice concern over fragmentation of European SUP laws / Lack of clarity on provisions	10.11.2021
ENERGY COSTS So-called energy cost surcharges cause increasing resentment among processors / Contractual, antitrust concerns	29.10.2021