POLAND

DRS to launch 1 October despite protests / Council of entrepreneurs warns of high costs, limited effectiveness / Public backlash threatens to derail reform

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING

Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action

TRADE WAR

US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch

PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE

Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”

PLASTICS TAX UK

PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year

TRADE WAR

EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Global chemical coalition launches innovation platform / Start-ups, academia collaborate with industry leaders to catalyse sustainability

SPAIN

Bottle deposit system to become mandatory end of 2026 / Recycling targets missed

SWEDEN

Duni introduces reusable packaging system for food and drinks

PFAS

ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision

TURKEY

Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations

COMPOSITES

EuCIA sees ‘untapped potential' of thermoset composite waste / Reclaim rate estimated at 5%

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Crucial talks end with no deal / ‘Bad actors' blamed for failure to agree on limit of plastics production / Industry bodies call for continued dialogue

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Talks extended into 10th day / Environment groups condemn original draft text / Proposals ‘ensure nothing will change' and are ‘completely unacceptable'

PLASTICS WASTE

Malaysia bans import of plastics waste from US / Environmentalists warn US plastics waste could flood Mexico, India, Turkey

GERMAN PACKAGING AWARDS

From new monomaterial solutions to 100% recycled content / Innovative plastic solutions win nearly third of awards

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act

TITANIUM DIOXIDE

European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Global Plastics Treaty talks underway in Geneva / ‘Make or break' for the planet, environmental experts warn

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

Plastics-linked diseases cost world USD 1.5 tn yearly – report / Medical journal to monitor plastics production, pollution, health risks