Portrait photo of Kate O’Brien and Dirk Bansemer

PPWR: pro-K calls for greater support for circular solutions

Key issues regarding the future of European packaging regulation were discussed at the pro-K industry association during the Logimat 2026 intralogistics trade fair in Stuttgart.

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A view of a plant for the chemical recycling of plastic waste in Grandpuits, France

TotalEnergies commissions chemical recycling plant in France

The plant near Paris, with an annual capacity of 15,000 tonnes, is said to be the country’s first facility for advanced plastics recycling.

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Four bottles with blue caps, containing various liquids and solids in a laboratory setting, illustrate the stages of the process: pyrolysis oil (second from the right) is produced from rigid foam waste (right). From this, high-purity aniline is extracted

Covestro and Fraunhofer UMSICHT plan pilot plant for recycling rigid polyurethane foam

Plastics manufacturer Covestro and Fraunhofer UMSICHT have agreed to set up and operate a pilot plant for the chemical recycling of rigid polyurethane foam.

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Portrait of Laurent Auguste

The Green Dot acquires French film recycler RG Group

The Green Dot Group is further expanding its European recycling business and entering the mechanical recycling of PE film in France.

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Network of European packaging registers goes live

The EUNR platform will continuously publish interpretations and explanations on the key topics of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR).

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Amendments to the PPWR via the EU Environmental Omnibus

According to Euwid, an alliance of industry associations is pushing for amendments to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and exemptions from requirements for industrial packaging in the EU Environmental Omnibus.

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Partial view of an industrial plant for processing pyrolysis oil in Porvoo, Finland

Neste steps up chemical recycling

Neste has commissioned a new processing plant for liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.

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Markus Dambeck of RIGK GmbH and Santiago Sans of CGR during testing at the CGR facilities

RIGK and CGR collaborate on the recycling of industrial packaging

A pilot project aims to process industrial packaging into high-quality recycled material.

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New BKV study on recycled content availability in the automotive sector

The new study on the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELVR) provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of recycled content in the EU automotive industry.

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Data collection for new study on plastic flow launched

Over the coming months, Conversio Market & Strategy GmbH will once again be collecting data from companies along the entire value chain.

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