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15.09.2025 FRANCE  Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year

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

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

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

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

26.08.2025 PFAS  ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision

25.08.2025 PACKAGING RECYCLING IRELAND  Chances of meeting EU target this year fade – EPA / Waste generation edges higher in 2023

15.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Crucial talks end with no deal / ‘Bad actors' blamed for failure to agree on limit of plastics production / Industry bodies call for continued dialogue

15.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Talks extended into 10th day / Environment groups condemn original draft text / Proposals ‘ensure nothing will change' and are ‘completely unacceptable'

13.08.2025 PLASTICS WASTE  Malaysia bans import of plastics waste from US / Environmentalists warn US plastics waste could flood Mexico, India, Turkey

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