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18.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET  Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues

18.12.2025 EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY  Brussels lifts ban on combustion engines / Industry groups offer lukewarm responses / German car lobby calls changes 'disastrous'

18.12.2025 EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business climate weakens / Processors' mood worsens / European manufacturers send mixed messages

18.12.2025 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY  VDMA sees bottoming out after declines in order intake, revenues / 5% drop in turnover expected for 2025

17.12.2025 EU POLICY  Brussels introduces eighth omnibus / Newest legislation package focused on cost savings for industry / NGOs call environment label Trojan Horse

16.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann

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

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 POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE  China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected

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

09.12.2025 EU POLICY  Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly

09.12.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  New EU pellet rules target microplastics leak along value chain / Regulation takes effect 16 December 2025

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

08.12.2025 WASTE LEGISLATION  “We are no longer exporting our waste problems” / What amendment to EU waste shipment regulation means for plastics industry / Interview with SAM managing director Olaf Kropp

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