New regulation for plastics with food contact entering into force soon

The situation remained challenging for most German PET recyclers in March. With prices remaining low for primary plastics in Europe, and domestic recyclate still more expensive than either primary PET imports from Asia or imports of certified recyclate from overseas, German recyclers are facing pressure in their sales...

Demand for flakes and recycled PET pellet remains weak in Germany and the industry is bracing for economically difficult months ahead. For November, many PET recyclers reported rising inventory levels, which could be as high as 30-40 per cent of monthly production. All customer segments – from bottles, films and fibres...

Ongoing weak supply on the German waste plastics market is still causing problems. As in April, recyclers and converters reported in May that recyclate volumes were being allocated, with polypropylene and especially polystyrene said to be scarce. Arisings of production scrap from plastics converters in the automotive...