PIE editorials & comments
20.08.2025
EDITORIAL
The (plastics) summit of disappointment, embarrassment, and hypocrisy
28.05.2025
EDITORIAL
The writing is on the wall
26.05.2025
EDITORIAL
Final act for Italy's petrochemical industry
22.04.2025
EDITORIAL
Silence is agreement: Why the plastics industry should speak up
31.03.2025
UPDATE - EDITORIAL
A fresh start in Amsterdam: what the European recycling industry hopes to gain from PRSE – Vincent Breit
08.11.2024
EDITORIAL
After a political earthquake, the plastics industry sits somewhere between relief and trepidation
01.07.2024
EDITORIAL
Caution: Risk of strangulation! Why plastics processors need more effective representation of their interests
20.06.2024
EDITORIAL
“Woe is me! The cap is hanging from the bottleneck!”
03.04.2024
EDITORIAL
In between ambitious and absurd: Sibur's change in strategy
26.01.2024
EDITORIAL
A clear position is not an end in itself: the plastics industry must also take a firm stand
19.12.2023
EDITORIAL
Who gives a hoot about climate? / UN conference without, then with fossil fuel phase-out
01.12.2023
GUEST EDITORIAL
“It's about more than just PET,” says Daniel Stricker
29.09.2023
EDITORIAL
Are we even ready to eliminate single-use plastics?
17.08.2023
EDITORIAL
Greed isn't cool: Why the plastics industry should be careful not to stifle the budding economy
02.05.2023
EDITORIAL
Viessmann deal sends warning signal to German plastics converters
01.03.2023
EDITORIAL
Of red lines and crossing them
07.02.2023
INDUSTRY COMMENT
PRE president Ton Emans reacts to MEPs' vote in favour of tighter waste shipment rules: “Plastics waste exports stop a key measure to keep valuable resources in the EU”
27.01.2023
EDITORIAL
A lot of zeros, but not much behind them – why the announcements of polymer corporations must be put into perspective
17.11.2022
EDITORIAL
Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?
22.09.2022
EDITORIAL
The pivotal quarter ahead
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