Lack of orders and declining sales in plastics processing
TecPart presented the ‘Market Report 2024’ for the plastics processing industry in Berlin on 29 February.
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Chemical recycling: Brussels makes new proposal on mass balancing
The European Commission's draft for calculating the proportion of recycled material provides for a ‘dual use’ conversion factor.
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BDE welcomes the European Commission's work programme
However, the waste disposal association warns of gaps in the protection of the recycling industry.
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EU Commission wants to weaken planned microplastic requirements
The obligations for European transport companies in the original proposal are now to be relaxed.
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Climate protection through improved plastic sorting
A new study is set to show how optimised sorting of plastic packaging can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Chemical recycling: EU Commission approves French state aid scheme
The European Commission has given the green light for €500 million in state aid.
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EU Packaging Regulation is in force
Since the beginning of February, the new regulations have been in force that are intended to make the packaging sector more sustainable and competitive.
TecPart welcomes changes to the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive
The Association of Technical Plastic Products (TecPart) particularly welcomes the lower recyclate quotas for plastics.
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FBCA: new global association for beverage cartons
The beverage carton industry has founded the new ‘Food and Beverage Carton Alliance’ (FBCA) based in Brussels.
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End-of-life vehicles: EU Parliament votes in favour of lower recyclate quotas for plastics
The European Parliament's (EP) report on the new End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) regulation contains a number of changes to the European Commission's proposal.