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23.09.2025 EU PLASTICS TAX  Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund

22.09.2025 EU TRADE SANCTIONS  Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'

18.09.2025 POLAND  DRS to launch 1 October despite protests / Council of entrepreneurs warns of high costs, limited effectiveness / Public backlash threatens to derail reform

17.09.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action

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

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