Amcor has launched its latest consumer insight report, Recycled Content, Real Impact, exploring how shoppers perceive the use of post‑consumer recycled (PCR) content in packaging for supermarket products.

The global PET market has entered 2026 with soft demand, volatile freight and aggressive import competition defining sentiment across most regions. Seasonality, freight volatility and speculative activity override fundamentals Producers in multiple regions struggle to lift run ...

The US recycled PET plastic market is facing what industry experts are calling a “perfect storm” — where rising imports of recycled PET, muted demand, tariff uncertainty, and economic headwinds are converging to challenge the domestic recycling infrastructure. Amid this ...

At their annual press conference on 27 January, the German Environment Agency (UBA) ...

Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) officially launched the first comprehensive mapping of plastics recycling technologies across Europe. This landmark publication marks a milestone for the industry by providing data and an evidence-driven overview of the current state of European ...

Private equity continues to dominate Brazil’s recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) market as public petrochemical producers retreat from the segment.

The global chemical industry is entering a period of profound uncertainty as higher tariffs and escalating trade tensions threaten to dismantle decades of globalization. Since US President Trump’s 2 April Liberation Day marked the start of the latest trade war, major economies have ...

Incorporating recycled plastic into food contact applications is necessary to meet upcoming targets and requires adherence to EU regulation, but for those outside the recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) market, or outside the EU, meeting those requirements will be a ...

The European Union’s plastic recycling industry is at a breaking point. A sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports, and rising economic pressures are forcing company closures. The industry has long warned of these risks, and today they are unfolding with severe ...

The newest data1 points to a slowdown in the growth of Europe’s installed plastics recycling capacity. In 2023, the total capacity reached 13.2 million tonnes in EU27+32 ​ which marks an increase of only 6% year-on-year, making it the lowest advancement since 2017. Until this ...