The European Commission has set out its plans to pursue a circular economy for plastics in 2026, such as proposing a Circular ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

Plastics Recyclers Europe says plastic recycling capacity is growing at an impressive pace in the EU. Brussels-based PRE says “installed plastics recycling capacities” reveal a 13 percent growth rate ...

Ineos executive Rob Ingram appointed president of Plastics Europe to drive circular economy goals and industry advocacy.

Drinks companies have led the way when it comes to replacing virgin plastic with recycled. According to trade association Unesda, its members, achieved an average of 51.7% recycled polyethylene ...

More than 100 public and private partners have signed on to the European Union’s Circular Plastics Alliance. The goal of the alliance is to promote plastics recycling and responsible waste management ...

Industry experts say Plastics Europe’s roadmap for plastics to be ‘circular and net zero by 2050’ is weakened by a focus on doing business as usual, just better. The roadmap was created by Plastics ...

In Europe, beachgoers have grown accustomed to the dispiriting sight of plastic garbage strewn along shorelines. Indeed, 85 percent of the continent's saltwater beaches and seas exceed pollution ...

Sabic divests Americas and Europe plastics operations for $950M to Mutares and Aequita as part of portfolio optimization ...

VICENZA, Italy — Commissary shoppers in Europe will soon have to bring their own bags or purchase a reusable option as base grocery stores progressively phase out single-use plastic bags this month.