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05.02.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING  ‘Rising rates alone are no reason to celebrate' / Guest editorial on the state of the industry – Dirk Textor, Bvse

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'

29.01.2026 POLYAMIDE 6  India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia

29.01.2026 RECYCLING AUSTRIA  Tax on non-recyclable packaging planned

27.01.2026 EU-INDIA TRADE  Landmark deal slashes car tariffs to 40% / Plastics, chemicals tariffs down to 0% for almost all products

26.01.2026 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  California recycling rates in sub-basement / State action to deal with SUP glut stalled / Fresh revision of regulatory proposals held back again

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

21.01.2026 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  Plastics Europe Polska calls for urgent action, proposes establishment of Chemicals and Plastics Trade Observatory

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

15.01.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING POLAND  Industry struggling for survival across Europe amid dwindling profitability / ‘The more companies fail in the West, the more will survive in the Eastern EU'

14.01.2026 USA  Trump announces withdrawal from more climate agreements, UN programmes / Experts ponder legality of planned severance moves

12.01.2026 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Dubai bans several SUP products / Move marks final phase of UAE-wide initiative launched in 2022

08.01.2026 PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION  Spanish associations join forces against reuse targets for plastic films in transport / Economic impact not yet entirely clear, says analyst

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