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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

12.08.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act

11.08.2025 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent

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