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16.02.2026 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  EU Commission unit signs off on new rules for recyclate in plastic bottles / Standardised mass-balance methods, restrictions on rPET imports up to 2027 included

16.02.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  Bloc's circular plastics economy faces final reckoning / Bvse sees progress in Brussels but warns enforcement and energy relief remain unresolved

13.02.2026 ABS  EU imposes final anti-dumping duties on imports from South Korea and Taiwan

13.02.2026 EU POLICY  Urgent calls for help to stem bloc's deindustrialisation / Antwerp Declaration mired in the mud / Two major meetings in Belgium bring stakeholders together

10.02.2026 BUTANEDIOL  EU imposes provisional countervailing duties on imports from China, US, Saudi Arabia

10.02.2026 PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY  Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act

09.02.2026 PFAS  EU Commission to make 2026 a ‘year of action' on forever chemicals / New study quantifies risks for human health if substances are not banned

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

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