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16.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS  Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026

15.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK  OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease

15.12.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  BPF hails government's mass-balance decision / Move gives companies confidence to invest in recycling facilities, says trade group

15.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems

15.12.2025 USA  Gap between US citizens' recycling intentions, actions / 77% report they recycle / WM survey highlights barriers

12.12.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  Provisional ELVR deal sets 15% recycled content target after six years / Closed-loop share fixed at 20%

12.12.2025 YEAR-ENDERS Out with 2025, in with 2026 – PIE series

12.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise

11.12.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain

11.12.2025 ALPLA  Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands

10.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed

10.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report

10.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study

10.12.2025 GREENDOT  German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy

08.12.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output continues to slide / New orders down / Sector employment numbers fall for 11th month in a row

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