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11.09.2025 TRADE WAR  US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch

11.09.2025 POLYETHYLENE  Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs

10.09.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Activity falls for eighth month straight / Housebuilding, civil engineering experience summer slide

09.09.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level

09.09.2025 ENVALIOR  Lanxess-Advent JV diverts 88% of generated waste from landfill / 2024 sustainability report published

05.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”

05.09.2025 PACKAGING RECYCLING  Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR

03.09.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year

02.09.2025 TRADE WAR  EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

02.09.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Global chemical coalition launches innovation platform / Start-ups, academia collaborate with industry leaders to catalyse sustainability

01.09.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  PRE: “The European plastics recycling industry is facing imminent collapse” / Loss of reclaim capacities projected at 1 mn t by end-2025

01.09.2025 SPAIN  Bottle deposit system to become mandatory end of 2026 / Recycling targets missed

01.09.2025 SWEDEN  Duni introduces reusable packaging system for food and drinks

29.08.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Registrations climb in July / US confirms lower tariff on EU vehicles / EV market share eases

28.08.2025 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets

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