LyondellBassell: New management at the Wesseling-Knapsack site
Dr Daniel Koch will in future manage the chemical company's largest European site.
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New BKV study: “Plastic-relevant waste streams”
The current study analyzes waste quantities, recycling routes and recycling potentials of plastics for the year 2023.
K 2025: Startup Pitch “Towards Zero”
PlasticsEurope, the association of plastics manufacturers, is organizing the event in cooperation with the VDMA and Messe Düsseldorf on October 13, 2025.
ZSVR: Distributors must pay for fund and license fees
The authority clarifies that the obligation for the fund does not affect the obligation to participate in a system.
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Chemical recycling project in Belgium canceled
The start-up company APPI has abandoned its plans to set up a pyrolysis plant in the port of Ostend.
PPWR published in the EU Official Journal
The new EU Packaging Regulation was published in the Official Journal on 22 January 2025, according to Euwid.
Tübingen packaging tax: constitutional complaint rejected
The Karlsruhe judges have dismissed a lawsuit against the tax. The tax could now come in other cities as well.
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PlasticsEurope: 4-point plan for the German parliamentary elections
The proposed measures are intended to strengthen competitiveness and accelerate the transformation to a circular economy.
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Alpla plans to double recycling capacity
After a successful financial year in 2024, the Austrian Alpla Group plans to continue growing in 2025 with ambitious recycling targets.
BASF's SpecReK project: analysing mixed material flows
The composition of plastic waste is to be precisely determined during the recycling process.
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