The German plastic packaging market: rising raw material and energy costs drive up prices

The market for rigid plastic packaging in Germany was at a good level at the time this report was drafted at the end of May. Demand from the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and dental care segments remained unchanged, according to producers of plastic tubes. However, some industry experts were observing an increasing shift...

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the list of single use plastic (SUP) products banned in England is to be expanded later this year. When the changes are implemented, the items subject to sales restrictions will be the same as those banned in the EU under the Single-use...

In most areas of application, plastics apparently release fewer greenhouse gases than alternatives. This is the result of a study by the consulting firm McKinsey, New York. The study comprised 14 plastic products from various application areas, including six types of packaging, and compared them with common,...