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16.10.2025 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  UK close to restricting BPA in food packaging / Rules to be aligned with EU, Canada

07.10.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Chair of failed INC talks reportedly to step down / Luis Vayas Valdivieso said to be leaving for ‘personal and professional reasons'

01.10.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination

01.10.2025 PFAS  California legislation would restrict or ban ‘forever chemicals' in non-stick coatings / Cookware industry incensed / Governor's signature awaited

01.10.2025 RECYCLASS  Recycling certification now claimed to be Europe's largest

30.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response

25.09.2025 PORTUGAL  Government allocates EUR 30 mn to strengthen recycling, waste recovery / Over half of the waste still landfilled

25.09.2025 PFAS  ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026

24.09.2025 RECYCLING UK  Recoup urges stricter checks on recycled content claims / Weak oversight damaging industry competitiveness

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

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