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2026-06-01 2:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
PET bottle recycling

SK chemicals' seven plastic materials confirmed compatible with European recycling processes

"Full compatibility" verified with PET bottle recycling streams, proving ...
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2026-05-20 3:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Report

Plastics Europe: Dramatic slowdown in Europe’s transition to a circular plastics system

Competitiveness crisis undermines climate goals and strategic autonomy 15.8% or 8.7 Mt of Europe’s total plastics production was circular in 2024Circular production growth declined from 13.6% in 2022 to only 1.2% in 2024Circular plastics demand growth declined from 16.2% in 2022 to ...
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2026-04-21 2:58 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe, Sorting and collection
Sorting

Groundbreaking for Sort4cycle: ARA, Bernegger and GreenDot set a new benchmark for Europe’s circular economy

Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA), Bernegger and Der Grüne Punkt, a GreenDot ...
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2026-04-14 1:37 min Food, Europe
Expansion

Piovan Group accelerates its investment in food processing with new facility in Italy

New production facility in Modena (Italy) will triple production space, strengthens Food and Powders division, building on more than a decade of uninterrupted revenue growth from €2 to €60 million, confirming its position in a highly specialized technology market.
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2026-04-10 1:20 min Europe, Sorting and collection
DRS

Portugal launches its national deposit return scheme for drink container recycling

10th of April marks a major milestone for environmental sustainability and recycling ...
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2026-04-07 1:44 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Guidelines

Commission publishes guidance to support implementation of new packaging rules, for a more sustainable and competitive EU packaging sector

On 30 March 2026, the European Commission published guidelines on the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to facilitate the uniform application of the new packaging rules across the EU and simplify compliance for economic actors and Member States. ...
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2026-03-30 2:34 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Estimation

CONAI: The packaging recycling rate is set to reach around 75% by 2026

To mark World Recycling Day, initial estimates have been released which suggest that recycling volumes have remained unchanged since 2024. However, the current geopolitical uncertainty could negatively impact the sector. President Ignazio Capuano said, “We need industrial policies ...
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2026-03-26 1:20 min Europe, Sorting and collection
DRS

Sweden: Over 3 billion PET bottles and aluminium cans returned in 2025

For the first time, more than 3 billion cans and bottles were returned for a deposit refund in Sweden in 2025, which is 130 million more than the previous year. This equates to just over 8 million cans and bottles being returned every day. The return rate — the proportion of sold ...
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2026-03-24 2:70 min Europe, Sorting and collection
DRS

UK Packaging PRO appointed to deliver Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme

UK Packaging PRO has been appointed as the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for the UK’s packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme, PackUK has announced on March 23rd.
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2026-03-24 1:25 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Europe
Repercussions

EuPC - Energy crisis and geopolitical tensions: A strong pressure on the European plastics supply chain

The current escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, combined with the critical issues affecting one of the key strategic hubs of global energy trade, is having severe repercussions on global energy and industrial raw materials markets. The resulting increase in oil ...
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