SERBIA

New projects for waste management / Chinese investors to build plastics recycling factories / Novamont in talks with local authorities

PLASTICS PRODUCTION

Minimal additional cost from compulsory emissions trading seen for German plastics producers from 2018 / Financial burden mostly from administration

WASTE ECONOMY AND CLIMATE PROTECTION

Recycling boasts highest potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions / Industrial and emerging economies need to act / Germany as key partner for know-how transfer / UBA research

SHALE GAS

US fracking activities gather speed / Excessive ethane earmarked for export / Argentina said to possess large reserves / Poland to begin commercial production in 2016 / Environmental impact contested

SHALE GAS

German environment agency remains sceptical on fracking / Latest expert opinion recommends tight restrictions / Draft legislation expected in autumn