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Ban on plastic packaging slows down innovation

In an interview in “Die Welt” the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, thinks aloud about a general ban on plastic packaging in Europe.

Plastics producers in danger of becoming household names for all the wrong reasons

The plastics or polymers industry was for many years a hidden industry. For most of its history, nobody has known much about the plastics business because it is sandwiched between oil and gas and a huge variety of finished goods.

Humans eat a credit card worth of plastic each week

A new study sponsored by the environmental group WWF says that people could be ingesting a credit card sized amount of microplastics every week.

Circular Economy is a huge chance

Interview with Dr. Stefan Engleder, CEO Engel Austria

Poland 2017: Industry recruitment in an employees market

The labour market in Poland has developed the features of an employee’s market over the last few years.