TURKEY

Pagev: Processors to boycott imported polymers from 1 April / Chinese associations said to be on board / Price 'crash' expected by June

CHINAPLAS 2019

Focus on circular economy / First "Plastics Recycling, Recovery & Sustainability Conference" to be held in Guangzhou / More visitors expected from "New Silk Road" / China's recycling chain set for upgrades

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Chinese automotive and medical devices markets saw huge growth in 2016 / The "One Belt, One Road" initiative and the plastics industry / Expansion of the 2018 trade fair in Shanghai

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Three Chinese plastics industry associations sign “Global Declaration for Solutions on Marine Litter”

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Efforts to reduce plastic waste in oceans should focus on five key nations / Improvements in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand could cut global plastic waste leakage by 45% / Ocean Conservancy report

CHINA

Medium-level growth has become the new normal / Plastics processing sector expansion in current Five Year Plan 50% less than in preceding period / CPPIA officials point to need for innovation

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

World Plastics Council welcomes G7 Marine Litter Pledge / Support for industry's efforts

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

China's CPPIA joins “Operation Clean Sweep” / Initiative with goal of zero pellet loss now has 18 signatories

CHINA

Plastics processors slow to introduce automated processes / Take-up impeded by technical challenges / More sophisticated technologies needed / CPRJ reports

CHINA

Plastics processing industry strengthens in 2013 / Upward trend continues in 2014 / Innovation needed to tackle overcapacity

CHINA PLASTIC PIPES

People's Republic is world's largest producer and user of plastic pipes / 11m t produced in 2012 / Increasingly competitive on a global scale

PLASTICS RECYCLING

PAFA: Far East controls threaten plastic waste exports from Europe / UK recycling targets will become unrealistic / Recycling companies in China form new Scrap Plastics Association

CHINA

Record number of visitors at Chinaplas 2012 / Rising share in foreign attendees at world's second largest plastics fair / Processing sector focuses on sustainability / Increasingly difficult market environment / Domestic demand needs to grow

CHINA

Plastics scrap imports up 5% in 2011 / Rise of 21% in value terms over 2010 / PET scrap sees largest price gains

CHINA

State initiatives to promote use of biodegradable plastics, strengthen biotech sector / Starch-based materials account for 60% of bioplastics output / Efforts to separate organic waste could spur local consumption

FAIRS

“ChinaReplas 2011”

KINGFA

Chinese plastics giant enters recycling industry / Plans to turn out 150,000 t/y of rABS, rHIPS and rPP / Indicative of a sector shift from SMEs to larger players?

CHINA

Officials reportedly mull creation of plastics recycling park in Xingtan, Guangdong province / Latest attempt to regulate mushrooming plastics recycling industry

CHINA

3.8m t of plastic scraps imported in H1 2011 / EU is largest source / Efforts to clean up plastics recycling increase

PLASTICS AWARD

Ningbo declared “Engineering plastics city of China”

EVENTS

Fifth “ChinaReplas” exhibition and conference