AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS FINLAND

Sumi subsidiary launches collection, recycling operations

UPDATE - LOGISTICS

Port strikes ends in tentative agreement / Shipping companies consider imposing congestion surcharges

EUROPEAN POLITICS

New EU commissioners named for five-year mandate / Anticipation over merging of green and industrial deals

GERMAN ECONOMY

Berlin expects no growth this year – report / Econ institutes forecast contraction / Weakness dogs Europe's biggest economy

LOGISTICS

Ningbo port to invest almost EUR 900 mn in capacity expansion / French shipping group CMA CGM plans to acquire port terminal operator Santos Brasil

RECYCLING UK

Recoup, Sherbourne Recycling partner on sortability tests for plastic packaging / Data to be shared with producers, brand owners

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Business confidence in Germany slumps again / Mood sours among domestic processors / German economy to shrink this year? / Euro area growth in danger

RECYCLING SWITZERLAND

Association to start collecting plastic packaging, drink cartons in October

LOGISTICS

Threat of strike on ports of US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico continues / Typhoon Bebinca paralyses Chinese ports

PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY

ZSVR publishes new minimum standard / Smaller PE film waste, coextruded PE/PA/EVOH barrier film classed as recyclable

LOGISTICS

Deutsche Bahn sells DB Schenker to Danish logistics giant DSV / Job cuts likely in medium term

LOGISTICS

US port strikes make East-West passage more expensive / HMM plans to invest almost EUR 16 bn in cargo capacity expansion

LOGISTICS

UK plans to nationalise rail transport / ONE, SeaLead launch weekly Red Sea service

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

EMF members increase use of recycled content in packaging by 44% in six years / Challenges persist on expanding infrastructure and recycling films, flexibles – progress report

CIRCULAR ECONOMY UK

SMEs need more support to meet sustainability targets – survey

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Eurozone inflation hits three-year low / Experts forecast interest-rate cuts / Growth concerns remain

LOGISTICS

Sluggish orders cause freight rates to languish / Protests at Port of Hamburg over possible MSC takeover

RECYCLING USA

Bottle collection rates trend lower / Nonprofit calls for modernisation, implementation of deposit return programmes

STYRENICS RECYCLING

SCS improves meat-tray recyclability with change of colour / Versalis launches post-consumer rPS for food-contact

PACKAGING RECYCLING POLAND

Shortfalls on all fronts / Foreign waste, off-spec materials as alternatives to recyclate / DRS could boost PET waste volumes