26 September 202522 September 2025 The EU increases disproportionate taxation instead of promoting circularity: A call for maintaining the current Plastics Own Resource at 0.80 euro/kg and earmarking the revenues to fund plastics circularity
16 September 202510 September 2025 Plastic Value Chain Strategic Recommendations Letter Recent data confirm the severity of the decline and underscore the urgency for intervention
27 June 202523 June 2025 The PET value chain takes a further step towards high-quality PET recycling Industry guidance on certification schemes supporting compliance with EU Regulation on Recycled Plastics for Food Contact
13 March 202412 March 2024 PPWR bleibt Armutszeugnis für die EU-Bürokratie Anstelle von gleichen Regeln für alle Materialien enthält der Vorschlag zum PPWR weiterhin ökologisch und rechtlich unbegründete Sonderregeln für Kunststoff
26 February 202421 February 2024 Legal assessment on the EU packaging regulation PPWR: Special rules for plastic packaging not compatible with EU law According to a new report by the international law firm Dentons the European Commission laws discriminate with a high probability against plastic packaging
Sonderregeln für Kunststoffverpackungen nicht mit EU-Recht vereinbar Rechtsgutachten zur EU-Verpackungsverordnung PPWR
2 November 202331 October 2023 Supply chain letter on the need for mass balance fuel-use exempt for chemical recycling 20 associations call on EU Member States to urgently adopt mass balance fuel-use exempt as the EU harmonised mass balance method for allocating recycled content via chemical recycling
Verbände fordern Anerkennung von „Fuel Use Exempt“-Massenbilanzierung 20 europäische Verbände fordern eine EU-weite Regulierung und Anerkennung von Massenbilanzen für das chemische Recycling nach der „Fuel Use Exempt“-Regel
27 June 202320 June 2023 Covestro receives Best Polymer Producers Award for polycarbonate Supplier award ceremony at the conference "A Circular Future with Plastics" in Lyon
Best Polymer Producers Award für Polycarbonat Covestro erhält auf der Konferenz „Eine zirkuläre Zukunft mit Kunststoffen“ in Lyon den Best Polymer Producers Award für Polycarbonat
14 July 202211 July 2022 India to introduce ban on some single-use plastics from July 2022 India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has announced that from the 1st of July 2022, the country will ban select single-use plastics, including cutlery, straws, carrier bags, and trays
17 December 201813 December 2018 New report issued by SusChem and partners: Robust Agenda to achieve Circularity of Plastics The analysis from this report has helped to identify priorities, projects and the level of investment needed to achieve full circularity of plastics
8 November 20165 November 2016 Plastics Value Chain Creates a New European Stakeholder Platform to Drive Europe’s Polyolefins-based Packaging towards the Circular Economy Newly formed platform will be working for a 5-10 year horizon based on effective, science-based solutions
28 February 201427 February 2014 “Biodegradable plastic bags are a myth” So said Prof Richard Thomson, during a public hearing on plastic carrier bags organized by the by The Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament on February 19th
7 January 20146 January 2014 Environmental challenges keep industry on the alert – Biodegradables and plastic bag bans make headlines Recycling moves forward but players say full potential not reached
6 December 20135 December 2013 Results of independent tests on the effects of degradable plastics on recycling streams and for separate collection EuPC urges legislators and waste management authorities in EU 28 Member States to push for increased separation and collection of degradable plastics
19 November 201319 November 2013 Degradable plastics hit recyclate quality, study claims Even in low quantities degradable plastic films cause significant, detrimental impacts
8 November 20137 November 2013 Trade bodies pour cold water on EU bag plans European plastics industry trade bodies have expressed doubts about new proposals from Brussels to limit the number of plastic bags in use across the region
4 November 20133 November 2013 Symphony urges manufacturers to turn to oxo biodegradables Company providing more effective way of dealing with plastic pollution than bio-based plastics
8 October 20138 October 2013 EuPC response to calls to ‘Ban or tax oil-based plastic shopping bags’ The negative impact of bioplastics on the plastics recycling streams - EuPC criticizes bioplastic sector
11 March 2013 EuPC + PlasticsEurope: Europäische Verbände der Kunststoffindustrie begrüßen Green Paper der EU-Kommission zu Kunststoffabfällen Aufnahme eines Deponierungsverbots soll europäischen Kunststoff-Recycling-Sektor weiter ankurbeln
25 May 2011 European Plastic Films rejects European Commission figures on plastic bags Plastic bag consumption about one fifth of stated figures
11 January 2011 EuPC: Italian ban on plastic bags Italian authorities will strictly control the ban and ensure it is respected
