CEE Recycling Round Table
During the Central European Plastics Meeting in Budapest, the "CEE Recycling Round Table" meeting took place - for plastics recyclers from Central Europe.
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The tyranny of the MFR
The plastics industry faces significant challenges in the coming years between 2025-2030. According to the commitments of the European Plastics Pactan average of 25-30% recycled plastic must be used in plastic finished products and packaging materials.
European Commission Regulation restricting lead in PVC enables continuity of PVC recycling
VinylPlus, the European PVC industry’s commitment to sustainable development, welcomes today’s publication of the European Commission Regulation restricting lead in PVC under the EU’s REACH regulation.
New Packaging Regulation: views from the packaging supply chain
The conference organised by Amaplast and Ucima in cooperation with Confindustria Veneto Est presented the views and considerations of leading players in the supply chain and of the institutions
CEO of MOL Group cleared of corruption charges
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a Washington, DC-based court of arbitration under the World Bank, has issued its final rulings in the dispute between MOL Plc and the Republic of Croatia in a 216-page Award.
Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content
Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability.
EPR unpacked - a policy framework for a Circular Economy
TOMRA - Circular economy packaging. The solution to packaging waste begins with mandatory EPR
BASF launches RegXcellence for plastic additives
BASF launches a new service offering, RegXcellence, for its plastic additives customers which enables targeted access to a range of global regulatory support.
The 2nd Annual Bioplastics Innovation Forum
The 2nd Annual Bioplastics Innovation Forum is a result of the global efforts to reduce such plastic pollution and to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted in the production stage.
Scotland: Deposit return scheme will go live in 2023
The UK’s first deposit return scheme will go live across Scotland on 16 August 2023, helping to recycle billions of bottles and cans every year.
Beverage industry needs priority access to its recycled plastic material to close the bottle loop
The non-alcoholic beverage industry, Natural Mineral Waters Europe and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, calls on the European Commission for “priority access” to its recycled plastic material, or a similar mechanism that guarantees “right of first refusal”, to be incorporated in the upcoming revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive.
KHS provides systems for the closed recycling loop
It comes as no surprise to learn that the majority of parliamentarians in Germany’s Bundestag have now finally approved the changes to the German Packaging Law.
