PLASTICS TAX

What is the purpose of the “EU Plastic Tax”? / Italy and Spain planning introduction of plastics levy / German companies confused

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

Bundestag adopts amendment to packaging act / Deposits to be mandatory on all plastic beverage bottles / IK raises concerns about rPET availability

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

IK criticises new labelling rule for disposable beverage cups / “Clarification urgently needed in Brussels” / Warning labels compulsory as of July 2021

PLASTICS PROCESSING / RAW MATERIAL MARKETS

Hand-wringing everywhere / Processors' associations react with concern: “Don't leave us hanging!” / Restrictions likely to continue well into April / Calmer price situation first expected at year's end

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

German cabinet approves amendment to packaging law / Reusable containers could become mandatory / Concerns over availability of rPET

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

German plastics packaging association stresses on importance of to-go packaging / Composite solutions more difficult to recycle

GERMANY

Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants

PLASTIC PACKAGING

IK survey of German manufacturers shows varied coronavirus impacts

IK

Martin Engelmann to head German plastic packaging association