PVC RECYCLING EUROPE

Volumes rise 5.7% in 2025 despite overall drop in plastics reclaim capacity – VinylPlus report

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyester value chain: Orlen reportedly hit by PTA production issues at Wloclawek

BUTANEDIOL

Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese, Saudi, US imports / EU confirms provisional rates

POLYPROPYLENE

Indonesia plans to impose anti-dumping duties on PP homopolymers from Asia and Middle East / More imports to Europe possible

PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY

How can a functioning recyclate market be established? / Wuppertal Institute study analyses current situation, outlines ways forward / “Plastics as a service”

PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY

Share of recyclate up slightly, production and processing in decline in 2024 / Industry association publishes Circular Economy for Plastics country report

AROMATIC COPOLYESTERS

EU Commission opens anti-dumping probe into Chinese imports

RECYCLING USA

Beyond Plastics challenges claims by Starbucks that its single-use PP cups are recyclable / Drop 'deceptive' advertising and just use less plastic, NGO tells coffee chain

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

VCI quarterly report: Polymer sales, production edge up / Association sees ‘panic-driven temporary spike' / No 2026 forecast yet

BELARUS

Mozyr propylene project advances / Domestic petchem industry performance rises in 2025 / Experts see challenges as sector targets new export markets

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Europe's circularity gains mask industrial weakness / Plastics Europe warns of risk of circularity shifting abroad / Circularity repositioned as key to industrial survival

UAE

Emirates widen scope for recycled plastics in food-contact packaging

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Repsol restarts cracker, butadiene plant in Portugal

MASTERBATCHES

Group flags supply chain risks from Middle East disruptions to key trade routes / Bottlenecks hit industries such as cosmetic packaging, plastic film, automotive

PET

Anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese imports look off the table / Producers withdraw complaint

SABIC

Petchem group lifts force majeure on LDPE deliveries from Wilton, UK

PLASTICS RECYCLING MEXICO

Partnership aims to strengthen recovery systems for HIPS dairy packaging

OPEC

United Arab Emirates set to leave oil producers' cartel / No short-term relief expected in Europe

PETROCHEMICALS

South Korea, Japan move to government support for polymer supply chains amid Middle East crisis

WASTE LEGISLATION

EU Commission calls for rapid switch to digital shipment documentation / Industry says longer transition needed / Questions about DIWASS-readiness