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PLASTICS MARKETS GERMANY Material flow analysis: Where does the material come from and where does it go? How much is recycled? / Q&A session with Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner	11.01.2023
LOGISTICS Germany's DB Cargo to increases freight rates up to 45% / Criticism from trade associations	21.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging association discusses EU plans for minimum recyclate content	20.09.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY Considerable profit-margin problems / Reduction of bureaucracy and lower recyclate quotas called for / International recycling conference by bvse	06.07.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY CEEAG: German waste disposal association criticises latest EU aid framework / Exclusion of recycling companies from renewable energy act compensation scheme	28.01.2022
PLASTICS WASTE EU proposes tighter shipment rules / Recyclate trade could become easier within trading bloc	13.12.2021
FAKUMA German plastics trade fair begins / 1,470 exhibitors from 39 countries expected / PIE and sister publications in attendance	12.10.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING German processors straining under current raw material situation / Covid challenges: winners and losers / Consumer preferences vs. the power of trade / Composite packaging as a problem	06.07.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING Recyclers under pressure on three sides – plunging sales, shortage of base material and low virgin material prices / Production lines shut down till July / Fear of irreparable damage	20.05.2020
RECYCLING Waste management considered essential in Covid-19 pandemic / Germany's bvse calls for interest-free loans for recyclers / Unrestricted EU waste flows urgently needed	21.04.2020
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS German government launches plastic bag ban / Recycling association rejects plans / Japan wants to lower consumption	12.11.2019
PLASTICS WASTE Associations criticise new export regulations / Collapse of international trade feared / Intra-EU waste streams may face new hurdles / European exports continue to slide	31.05.2019
RECYCLING GERMANY Federal cartel office intends to block merger of two waste management firms / Proposed takeover of DSD by Remondis could lead to higher market prices	24.04.2019
EURIC European plastics recycling branch created / Main focus on end-of-life durable plastics	14.03.2019
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY Polymer production rises to 11m t in 2017 / A mere 12% of plastics is recycled / Conversio study documents use of recyclate and balance of trade for first time	26.10.2018
GLOBAL PLASTICS RECYCLING Resistance to imports of plastics waste is growing in Southeast Asia / Vietnam imposes several-month ban on imports / More than 1,000 Chinese recycling plants in the region / CRRA reports	02.07.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EU waste exports to China plummet / Southeast Asia takes up some slack / Strong Chinese demand for high-quality recyclates drives prices up	20.04.2018
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING Federal association laments poor market conditions / Warns that European PET recycling does not live up to its full potential	20.02.2013
UK RECYCLING PAFA welcomes new government initiative to raise quality of materials in the recycling stream	19.02.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING Mixed plastics recyclers complain about dramatic dearth of sorted material / Call on industry to restructure itself	11.02.2013
SPAIN Plastics recycling quota climbs to 29.2% / Cicloplast association calls for a ban on landfill	25.06.2012