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10.02.2026 PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY  Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act

09.02.2026 PFAS  EU Commission to make 2026 a ‘year of action' on forever chemicals / New study quantifies risks for human health if substances are not banned

05.02.2026 EU POLICY Critical Chemicals Alliance general assembly gets sector approval / Plastics Europe joins steering board / Industry repeats call for ‘action not words'

04.02.2026 NORTH AMERICA  Chemical industry groupings set priorities for new USMCA trade deal / Outlook for treaty uncertain / Trump holds the trump card

04.02.2026 PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY  Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'

28.01.2026 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag

28.01.2026 RECYCLING EUROPE  Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute

22.01.2026 PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE  EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority

19.01.2026 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY  Supplier organisation reports 104,000 job cuts over two years / EU strengths should be backed by policy / Commission's Automotive Package eases 2035 targets

19.01.2026 PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY  Outlook for Q1 2026 / Companies expect stagnation / Defensive staffing policies – IK business survey

16.01.2026 INTERVIEW  Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president

14.01.2026 CHEMICAL RECYCLING  Technology of future or token gesture? Only around one third of planned recycling facilities likely to be built – Conversio study

09.01.2026 PIPE INDUSTRY EUROPE  Dow's PE 100-RC polymer secures KRV listing

08.01.2026 CEFIC BASF CEO Markus Kamieth appointed president of Europe's chemical industry association

07.01.2026 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE  EU27 competitiveness expected to erode further by 2030 amid rising energy costs / Bloc's global market shrinks over 15 years – Cefic

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