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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

08.12.2025 AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS  IK calls for binding EPR rules for disposal and recycling in Europe

05.12.2025 FAKUMA  Plastics trade fair to stay loyal to Friedrichshafen, Germany / Contract extended through 2030

04.12.2025 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Global Commitment to cut virgin plastics use sees progress despite challenges / Government policies needed to spur leading FMCG companies into action

03.12.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Up to eight plants under threat of closure in Europe / Plastics converters must brace for drop in demand / Defence sector could become point of growth

01.12.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING ITALY  Emergency round table for recycling yields few results / Second meeting set for mid-December

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