Navigating the Flawed UK Plastic Packaging Tax Overhaul: Mandatory Certification Imperative
Discover the upcoming UK Plastic Packaging Tax changes. Learn why mandatory certification for mechanically recycled plastic takes effect on April 1, 2030.
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Critical UK PET Import Duty Proposal Threatens Packaging Supply Chains
The UK TRA recommends a 65% out-of-quota duty on virgin and recycled PET imports to protect local producers, raising severe supply chain concerns.
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Breakthrough Sustainable PLA Filter Media Achieves Unmatched 95% Efficiency
TotalEnergies Corbion has launched Luminy L040, a revolutionary biobased polylactic acid grade for meltblown nonwovens, offering 95% filtration efficiency and an 80% lower carbon footprint.
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Revolutionary Victory: How Enzymatic Polyester Textile Recycling Is Defeating Fast Fashion Waste
Carbios and major global brands like PUMA, Patagonia, and Salomon have proven that enzymatic recycling can turn complex, contaminated textile waste into high-performance recycled polyester garments at true industrial scale.
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Europe’s Alarming PET Tray Recycling Gap Threatens 2035 Climate Goals – Polymer Price Trends
A landmark Forum Rezyklat study reveals a massive 454,000-tonne capacity shortfall in European PET tray recycling as mandatory EU PPWR targets loom large.
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US-Iran Oil Prices Fall as Hormuz Talks Advance
Brent crude is trading around $79 a barrel and WTI around $75 as markets assess progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz—and the risk that diplomacy could still fail.
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Irplast BOPP Expansion Adds 30,000-Tonne Atessa Line
Irplast has completed a new LISIM BOPP line in Atessa, adding 30,000 tonnes of annual capacity for advanced polypropylene packaging films.
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Sulzer and Vitol’s WPU Advance Chemical Recycling in Rotterdam
Sulzer will supply PyroCon technology for Vitol’s WPU chemical recycling plant in Rotterdam, designed to process 80,000 tonnes of plastic waste yearly.
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India Extends Anti-Dumping Duty on Chinese PET Resin for Five Years – Polymer Price Trends
India has renewed anti-dumping protection on Chinese bottle-grade PET resin, extending a $200.66/t duty for five years after DGTR found continued dumping, rising imports and price undercutting.
