WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY

“You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor

INTERVIEW

“The recyclate gap remains real” / Frank Kurrat and Andreas van de Locht from Interzero explain why packaging manufacturers and brand owners are finding it so difficult to prepare for PPWR

MAAG

Culture change with ROI: why the film finisher is focusing on lean management / Interview with managing director Ansgar Schonlau

UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY

From shop floor to top floor / EU leads global raw material imports / Interview with new BPF president Martin Hitchin

LDPE RECYCLING

Improving flexible packaging reclaim / IKV's Loopcycling project – Interview with Achim Grefenstein

INTERVIEW

“Neither practical nor fair” / Packaging producer Uwe Fernholz is calling for reform of Germany's Single-Use Plastic Fund Act

INTERVIEW

German plastics machinery: “Investments are being made with the handbrake on” – Reifenhäuser chief sales officer Marcel Perrevort

GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Are M&As booming in the plastics sector? / Interview with consultant Sinan Ikiisik

INTERVIEW

Defossilising plastics production: Vioneo CCO Katja Wodjereck talks to PIE about plans to build green polyolefins plant in Belgium and future strategy

INTERVIEW

“Huge potential for recycling remains untapped” / Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner talks to PIE about the material flows of plastics in Germany

PFAS / FLUOROPOLYMERS

Is the EU serious about the PFAS ban? / Interview with pro-K expert Michael Schlipf

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE

EU rules for recycled plastic materials with food contact: “When in doubt, avoid imported goods” / PIE interview with recycling expert Herbert Snell, vice-president of bvse

INTERVIEW

“We expect up to 15% less turnover” / PIE talks to Thorsten Kühmann, managing director of plastics and rubber machinery at VDMA

INTERVIEW: FAKUMA

“Ensure economic viability through efficiency” / PIE talks to Bettina Schall, organiser of upcoming plastics trade fair

PVC MARKET

“Stability is our prime aim” / “Finding the right balance to protect European industry" – interview with Profine CEO Peter Mrosik on PVC industry challenges

PFAS

“You can assume that our concerns will be heard” – interview with GKV president Helen Fürst on strongly worded PFAS letter to German chancellor Scholz

INTERVIEW

“The government wanted to ban importation of waste, but we said no” / “Inflation aids plastics industry” – interview with Pagev president Yavuz Eroglu

INTERVIEW

“There is massive growth ahead for the recycling industry” – PIE talks to Arpan Dhanuka, MD of UK plastics recycler QC Polymer

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

“Society must finally understand that plastics are a resource” / Interview with MKV's Kai Zies on the state of plastics recycling in Germany

INTERVIEW

“PPWR is an anti-plastics regulation”: PIE talks to André Baumann, managing partner of film manufacturer Verpa