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USA Biden administration introduces recycling proposals / Senate submits reclaim legislation / Greenpeace calls for decisive action against plastics waste exports	05.05.2023
USA Biden wants domestic bio-based polymer dominance by 2024 / Plan details follow executive order from September 2022	28.03.2023
PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY US orders Denka to cut emissions from chloroprene plant / DuPont named in complaint / EPA aims for environmental justice	08.03.2023
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA takes aim at “forever chemicals” PFAS / Some 10,000 substances under review / Bans or restrictions could affect imports to Europe	24.02.2023
LOGISTICS Transport industry highlights from 2022 / Massive expansion of global LNG capacity / Disparate moves for freight rates	23.12.2022
LEAR Three US plants being prepared for electromobility / Investment of over USD 110 mn	21.12.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY “The plastics industry faces a decisive year in 2023”: Comment by Ingemar Bühler of Plastics Europe Deutschland	12.12.2022
LOGISTICS Deutsche Bahn considers sale of cargo subsidiary / World trade takes a winter nap / Container freight rates experience sharp crash	09.12.2022
POLYMER PRICES North America November 2022: General market weakness pushes most prices down / Only PE, PS, engineering thermoplastics see occasional rollover / Downward pressure to remain until end of year	07.12.2022
LOGISTICS Strikes and Covid lockdowns rupture global supply chains / Will the European petchem and polymer industries be dragged into the mess? / Prices for container freight stagnate	24.11.2022
PETROCHEMICALS USA Bloomberg-backed anti-pollution campaign takes aim at US petchem expansion / Plastics industry fires back / EPA launches environmental justice office	10.10.2022
LOGISTICS Signs of hope for AdBlue production / US rail strike averted / UK port unions to walkout / Container freight rates widely lower	16.09.2022
LOGISTICS Ship congestion off North Sea ports, North American East Coast / Industrial action in UK, US / Container freight rates in reverse gear	01.09.2022
LOGISTICS Barely a palm width of water under keel has Rhine shippers concerned / A solution to port strikes in sight? / Container freight rates still plummeting	21.07.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT USA SUP ban for national parks / State of Rhode Island opens chemical recycling facilities / Ongoing debates	24.06.2022
ENERGY MARKETS Europe scrambles to secure Middle East LNG / TotalEnergies set to lead expansion of Qatar's North Field	21.06.2022
PREMIX US plant to manufacture electrically conductive compounds for PCR test pipettes / Finns plan to operate the facility by 2025	18.05.2022
PETROCHEMICALS USA EPA to review permit process for Louisiana plants / Focus on Gulf Coast petchems corridor dubbed “Cancer Alley”	25.04.2022
SHALE GAS Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe urges UK government to have a rethink on fracking / Alternative to Russian gas / LNG from the US for Europe	14.04.2022
COMMODITY MARKETS Tough to gauge impact of embargo on Russian oil, natural gas / EU distribution issues could emerge / Russia source of 14% of German naphtha imports	17.03.2022
BISPHENOL A FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”	02.02.2022
YEAR IN REVIEW 2021 An eventful year in a nutshell / Plastics industry faces turning point in 2022	10.12.2021
LOGISTICS Prices decline for containers from China / Traffic jams ensnarl global shipping / Rhine transport more problematic	29.10.2021
LOGISTICS Up 7%: Container freight charges between China and the US on the rise again / European routes unchanged / Will Germany's new goverment put logistics high-prio?	22.10.2021
US LEGISLATION Industry groups attack plan to tax virgin resins / Income to be earmarked for spending programmes / Fees could reach EUR 380/t	01.10.2021