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02.06.2026 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  VCI quarterly report: Polymer sales, production edge up / Association sees ‘panic-driven temporary spike' / No 2026 forecast yet

01.06.2026 RECYCLING SWITZERLAND  Swiss Federal Council plans reforms to plastic packaging and beverage carton collection / First RecyPac annual report shows slow progress

28.05.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  CEE plastics industry feels sting of Hormuz blockade / Region highly dependent on imports / Major converters halt purchases, sacrifice production capacity / Recyclers see temporary benefits

27.05.2026 RECYCLING USA  California plastic packaging law takes shape / All packaging must be recyclable or compostable by 2032 / Producers face extended responsibility rules

26.05.2026 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Europe's circularity gains mask industrial weakness / Plastics Europe warns of risk of circularity shifting abroad / Circularity repositioned as key to industrial survival

22.05.2026 VIRIDOR  Company mulls shutdown of three recycling sites in Scandinavia / Cites significant headwinds in plastics recycling markets

20.05.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  What if the war ends tomorrow? / PIE's exclusive white paper discusses three possible scenarios regarding the impact on the plastics industry / Get your free copy now

19.05.2026 RUSSIA  Polymer prices rebound after hitting five-year low / Investments at rock bottom / Warnings of non-payment crisis

18.05.2026 BALKANS  Plastics converters squeezed by supply issues, weak demand / Middle East turmoil exposes feedstock dependence / Higher prices needed to maintain stability / CEPM networking event in Belgrade

13.05.2026 UK CONSTRUCTION  Weak demand sees sector activity slide for fifth month in a row / Rise in purchasing costs steepest in three decades

30.04.2026 EVENTS Plastics Industry Meeting ahead of Plastpol to address competitiveness of European plastics sector

29.04.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING  PRE managing director Antonino Furfari tells PIE why higher virgin polymer prices won't fix Europe's recycling problem – interview

29.04.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING FRANCE  Nearly 1 mn t of recycling capacity shut down in Europe over last three years / Foundation of European plastics recycling put to test / French plastics processing posts 4% contraction in 2024 – Polyvia

28.04.2026 ECO+ECO  EUR 34 mn plastics recycling investment in Porto Marghera / New Mediterranean logistics hub for industrial recovery chains emerging

27.04.2026 FORCES MAJEURES  French association Elipso accuses polymer producers of speculative price hikes amid Middle East crisis

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