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ChemX: Call for feedback on guidelines for a digital material passport

Feedback on ChemX's content guidelines for a Chemical Digital Material Passport (DMP) can be submitted until 30 November.

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Ineos invests €250 million in modernising a plant in Lavéra

The specialty chemicals group announced an investment programme to refurbish and modernise its cracker in Lavéra, France.

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Fraunhofer CCPE presents a design set for monomaterial products

The ‘monomaterial design set’ aims to reduce the variety of plastics used in durable products and offer circular solutions for designers and product developers.

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EU Commission approves takeover of Covestro subject to conditions

The takeover of plastics manufacturer Covestro by the Arab state-owned company Adnoc was approved on 14 November 2025 subject to conditions.

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Infographic shows the diversity of advanced recycling with processes such as mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, thermal depolymerization, and pyrolysis, presented in a semicircular flow chart.

New market overview of advanced recycling technologies

The nova-Institut has mapped comprehensive data on 390 plants planned, installed or in operation worldwide.

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PACKLIANCE: a new PPWR consulting company

Three take-back systems have founded PACKLIANCE GmbH to support industry and trade in implementing the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR).

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MKV expands into the USA

With the founding of MKV Polymers Inc., the recycling specialist for engineering plastics is starting a new chapter.

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Portrait photo of Dr Thomas Probst and Anna Roeb holding bags of recycled plastic

Interview with Dr Thomas Probst and Anna Roeb

We spoke with the outgoing senior consultant for the bvse Sector Association for Plastics Recycling and his successor about the association's work and current challenges facing the industry.

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Study on plastics recycling in the automotive industry

A study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) examined the entire plastics supply chain, from raw materials to the recycling process.

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Portrait of Dr. Wolfgang Große Entrup, Chief Executive of the German Chemical Industry Association VCI

VCI: Production, sales and prices continue to decline in the third quarter

According to the latest quarterly report from the VCI, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Germany remains under pressure.

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