After a complaint filed by BEUC in November 2023, the last of three drinks companies has signed commitments on recycled content claims. Labels must change within 18 months, online messaging within 3.
Demand did not return after the summer and imports got cheaper. The October BIR report shows Europe’s recyclers caught between the market and rules that arrive late.
Schemes due by 17 April 2028, with waste surveys already running since January 2026. Why the measurement obligation is smarter sequencing than it appears.
Three recyclates, three price levels, and a spread that has more to do with colour than with polymer. A guide to matching grade to application.
What changed for recyclers rather than for packaging producers. The full calendar to 2040, and why a four-year gap between obligation and investment horizon is the real risk.
The 25% figure is well known. The way it is measured is not, and the difference explains why rPET demand moved less than the headline suggested.
Harmonised criteria replace twenty-seven national answers to one question. They cover mechanical and physical recycling of thermoplastics, and leave chemical recycling outside.
New lines at Niedergebra and Wildon arrive while German PET recyclers face weak demand and Europe keeps losing recycling capacity.
Demand did not return after the summer and imports got cheaper. The October BIR report shows Europe’s recyclers caught between the market and rules that arrive late.
Three recyclates, three price levels, and a spread that has more to do with colour than with polymer. A guide to matching grade to application.
After a complaint filed by BEUC in November 2023, the last of three drinks companies has signed commitments on recycled content claims. Labels must change within 18 months, online messaging within 3.
Recycling rose slightly in 2024, but plastic packaging waste per person grew faster over ten years. Latvia, Belgium and Poland lead the EU table.
Backed by six member states, Italy asked Brussels for import controls, demand measures and state aid for plastics recyclers. The Commission listed ongoing work but gave no dates.
Detection is settled; exposure and effect are not. Why some studies may overestimate transfer, and three questions that separate useful reporting from noise.
Pellets enter the environment already microplastic-sized. The EU has regulated that pathway specifically, and the December 2026 standards milestone matters more than it looks.
How Microplastics Form: The Science Behind Plastic Fragmentation Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres — have become one of the most pervasive environmental…
