The monthly ICIS Petrochemical Index (IPEX) is recording a collapse in commodity petrochemical and polymer prices worldwide as economic and cost pressures for the sector mount.
Chartered Marketer Louise Aplin considers how the recently implemented Plastic Packaging Tax impacts packaging manufacturers and shares the perspectives of two of her industry specialist clients on reformulating packaging to include recycled content
Paula Leardini, Senior Analyst, Plastic Recycling, The Americas at ICIS, and Carolina Perujo Holland, Analyst, Plastic Recycling at ICIS, present the challenges and opportunities of meeting global industrial recycling standards.
From the 1 April 2022, this new tax of £200 per metric tonne will apply to plastic packaging manufactured in, or imported into, the UK which contains less than 30 per cent recycled plastic.
In this article Nigel Flowers, MD Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK, explores the various safety certifications such as the CE mark, CA mark and UKNI and thanks to Brexit, what the various changes mean for those in the industry.
James Mountain, Sales and Marketing Director, Fire Shield Systems, discusses the risks associated with rubber and plastics, business owner responsibilities when it comes to protection and what that protection may include.
In this guest blog Mark Victory, Senior Editor, Recycling, ICIS, looks at the implications of the ECA’s assessment over the short term and longer term and related effect these may have on the European recycling markets.
Mark Victory, Senior Editor, Recycling at ICIS, discusses the reactions of the market to the EU's €800/tonne plastic packaging waste charge, passed by the EU Council last week, as the implementation details emerge.
Tom Brown, ICIS Deputy European News Editor, examines the impact that the UK’s break away from ECHA might have on the chemical industry in the UK and across Europe.
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