TURKEY

Processed polymer volume declined in 2020 / Packaging and white goods make up ground / Positive but shaky outlook for 2021 / Associations vehemently oppose import ban on plastic waste from Europe

PLASTICS WASTE

Turkey to end PE scrap imports on 3 July / Recyclers left scrambling / Calls for better reclaim schemes in Europe

NPE 2015

Number of Turkish companies planning to exhibit on the rise / Plastics industry association Pagder named sales agent in Turkey

PVC RECYCLING

VinylPlus: European recycling exceeds 360,000 t in 2012 / On track to reach 800,000 t/y by 2020

FAIRS

Exhibitor numbers up 30% at "Plast Eurasia" 2011 in Istanbul / Turkey's plastics production reaches 7m t

TURKEY

Plastics sector growing at 15% a year / 670,000 t of plastics produced in 2009 / Packaging is leading application / Highly dependent on exports to meet raw material demand