TRADE WAR

EU plans to impose punitive tariffs on PE, PA imports from US

PLASTIC PACKAGING

Recyclate use quotas cannot be met, industry warns / European associations call for credit system

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

What the PFAS ban proposed by the ECHA means for the plastics industry / PIE talks with materials expert Michael Schlipf about the “forever chemicals”

PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Global polymers production rises to nearly 360m t in 2018 / European output nevertheless on the decline / Trade balance surplus falls / Good progress with collection and recycling of post-consumer plastics waste

PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Global production rises to 348m t / Europe defends its position as second largest producer / Consumption increases slightly across all countries / Germany still largest European plastics processor by far

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

Recycling slightly down in 2017 / New law sets higher recycling rates in the new year / Plastics target of 63% in 2022

RECYCLING

110,000 t of EPS and XPS waste in Germany / Recovery rate of 98% / Study commissioned by BKV