PACKAGING REGULATION

Tethered caps now mandatory across the EU / Plastic lids account for up to 7% of recycling streams

PLASTICS PACKAGING

Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?

GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Major trade groups initiative to engage with German public

PLASTIC PACKAGING

EU commissioner Sinkevicius calls for a blanket ban / German and EU converters associations question environmental impact