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AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING EU Parliament, Council plan significantly lower minimum recyclate quotas for new vehicles / Will ELV Directive come into force by mid-2026?	10.07.2025
COVESTRO EU to review Adnoc purchase under antitrust law / Will deal be overturned last minute?	09.07.2025
MICROPLASTICS Joint technical paper to help companies with new REACH labelling requirement	09.07.2025
EU POLICY Commission to stick by emissions-reduction plan / Compromise sees carbon credits be part of total	08.07.2025
EU POLICY Green agenda starts to wither / Is brown the new beautiful? / Macron calls for second rethink of 2040 targets	03.07.2025
SOUTHEAST EUROPE Romania, Bulgaria's accession to Schengen area offers benefits to plastics industry / Political uncertainty hampers execution of development plans	01.07.2025
PET RECYCLING Industry collaboration aims to streamline certification for rPET / EPBP liaises with European Committee for Standardisation	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
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
K 2025 The year 2024 was “lousy” for mechanical engineering – Ulrich Reifenhäuser / Turning point in trend not expected until 2026 / Almost 3,200 exhibitors expected	17.06.2025
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE Best Polymer Producer Awards winners announced at EuPC annual meeting / Industry leaving Europe overarching issue	13.06.2025
LOGISTICS Upcoming end of truce between US, China causes freight rates to skyrocket / Von der Leyen proposes USD 45/bbl price cap on Russian oil	13.06.2025
HYDROGEN EC to fund 15 new European green hydrogen projects / Second EHB auction completed	11.06.2025
PFAS Sustainable healthcare group warns of forever chemicals inaction / 150 European medical professionals write to EU Commission	10.06.2025
ADNOC Former OMV CEO Rainer Seele to head chemicals business	04.06.2025
TOYODA GOSEI Auto supplier announces production of interior components from recycled plastics	28.05.2025
ALUFLEXPACK Sale of Croatian site to Czech MTX Group	27.05.2025
TRADE WAR Trump defers EU tariffs till 9 July / The euro rallies in response	26.05.2025
PET European Commission initiates investigation on dumping from Vietnam	23.05.2025
MEDICAL PACKAGING Pharma manufacturers under pressure: focus shift to mono-material blister packs / PVC packaging from Germany's ‘yellow bag' non-recyclable / EU to review privileges	23.05.2025
PACKAGING EUROPE Trade groups criticise European Commission plans to greenlight state-run PROs / Move “will be a tax on producers”	21.05.2025
COCA-COLA Drinks giant mulls shift from cans to plastic bottles to beat Trump's tariffs / Agreement with EC to amend recyclability claims on labels	20.05.2025
DOW EUROPE Ethylene cartel: claim for damages against Clariant, Celanese, Orbia, and Westlake	13.05.2025
LOGISTICS Trump's tale about Houthi rebels does not affect freight rates / EC approves Italy's International Registry scheme	09.05.2025
EU POLICY Coalition says new state aid framework lacks circularity funding measures / Omission risks undermining region's recycling sector / EU Commission spells out approach	08.05.2025