Plastics Europe Germany expands management

Carolina Hupfer and Dr Alexander Kronimus are now part of the management board of the association of plastics producers, Plastics Europe Deutschland has announced.

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Position paper on mass balancing

VCI and PED have presented a position paper on the measurement of recycled content in plastic products.

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Joint project for recycling end-of-life vehicles

Audi's "MaterialLoop" cooperation project aims to improve the recycling of end-of-life vehicles, Euwid reports.

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Coffee packaging made of monomaterial

Dallmayr Coffee Group is switching its packaging to a recyclable film made from just one plastic.

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BMUV: Key points for a circular economy strategy

The first key points for a national circular economy strategy were presented at the Circular Economy Days in Münster, Euwid reports.

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IK calls for sustainable measures for recyclate use

The Association of Packaging Manufacturers believes that the recyclate use quotas planned by the EU Commission are hardly achievable.

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OMV announces large-scale chemical recycling plant

The large-scale plant for processing 200,000 tons of plastic waste annually is to be built at the Schwechat site.

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Lego and LyondellBasell invest in APK

Together with other partners, LyondellBasell and Lego are investing around 130 million euros in the recycling company APK.

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VCI comments on the EU Commission's industrial plan

From the point of view of the German Chemical Industry Association, the plan from Brussels is a good impulse, but it also contains pitfalls.

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BMUV promotes green tech exports from Germany

The BMUV has launched a new funding round "Export Initiative Environmental Protection" (EXI) and calls for project outlines.

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