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28.05.2024 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  Mood among German firms unchanged / Plastics companies more pessimistic / Eurozone recovers for third month running

27.05.2024 PLASTICS WASTE Report lists top 10 plastics waste exporters / Germany heads the leader board, followed by Japan and the UK

23.05.2024 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Study pinpoints GHG emissions at each step of plastics production value chain

22.05.2024 VIETNAM  Plastics market to grow by 8.4% per year to 2029 / Investments in sustainable plastics and EV production provide growth opportunities

22.05.2024 MICROPLASTICS  Research reveals bright colours lead to faster plastics degradation / Findings highlight implications for material design

21.05.2024 CONSTRUCTION  Eurozone construction activity slides again in April / Situation contrasts sharply with UK

15.05.2024 SUSTAINABILITY  Four EU member states call for sustainable carbon policy package / Proposals aim to strengthen uptake of green feedstocks and boost European competitiveness internationally

14.05.2024 MARINE LITTER Need for better management of plastics waste – CleanHub report / “Shocking” levels of ocean plastics

29.04.2024 SUPPLIER INDUSTRY Sales volume in Germany declines in step with capacity utilisation / Association sees trend reversal in plastics sector

26.04.2024 LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE “We do not orient our search in terms of a particular industry, but by types of job most needed” / Online recruiting more difficult for blue collar workers / PIE interview with ZAV spokesman Marcel Schmutzler

26.04.2024 GERMAN ECONOMY Government raises economic growth forecast slightly / ifo business climate index for April improves

25.04.2024 LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE  “Plastics sector is competing for talents across Europe” / Joint educational programmes needed to hire young people / PIE interview with the MD of EuPC, Bernard Merkx

24.04.2024 LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE  “We need to recruit from non-EU countries in the long term” / Only half of open positions filled in 2023 / PIE interview with Polyvia COO Jean Chaillet

23.04.2024 LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE  Critical skill shortage in plastics processing industries intensifies / Germany needs almost 500,000 foreigners per year; shortage of working migrants in Italy and Spain – study / PIE talks to industry experts

22.04.2024 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS  Study shows alternatives to plastics increase GHG emissions

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