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21.10.2025
PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION
European Commission exempts pallet wrapping, strapping bands from reuse targets under PPWR
21.10.2025
ROMANIA
DRS a roaring success / Municipal waste system in stagnant crisis / Untrustworthy recyclate a widespread issue
08.10.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report
03.10.2025
STYRENICS
‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF
01.10.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination
01.10.2025
MOL
After Dow and BASF, Hungarian petchem group files claim for damages against ethylene cartel
30.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response
25.09.2025
COVESTRO
Takeover by Adnoc nears EU approval after delays
25.09.2025
PFAS
ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026
23.09.2025
EU PLASTICS TAX
Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund
22.09.2025
EU TRADE SANCTIONS
Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'
22.09.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EUROPE
PPWR has set the bar high / Recyclate supply still not clear / Declining demand for virgin plastics / FachPack 2025 to focus on transformation in packaging industry
19.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL
Reports: US giant pauses EU recycling investments / CEO complains to Trump about regs from Brussels / Fate of Texan hydrogen project still unclear
17.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action
15.09.2025
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Subsidies for innovative products underway / Brussels sets the stage but Netherlands leads on circular plastics
11.09.2025
TRADE WAR
US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch
11.09.2025
POLYETHYLENE
Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs
09.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL
Speculation sees US giant pulling out of EU / Mossmorran cracker and Belgian assets up for grabs?
08.09.2025
COVESTRO
EU pauses investigation into Adnoc takeover / Adnoc voices criticism
05.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”
05.09.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR
02.09.2025
TRADE WAR
EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment
28.08.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets
26.08.2025
PFAS
ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision
18.08.2025
PTA
EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico
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