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The Recycling Push

Covestro: 35% recycled Bayblend cracks the premium car interior with Lexus ES adoption

PureCycle and Innovia: White cavitated BOPP film produced with over 40% recycled polypropylene

Evonik: Purocel adsorbents take aim at pyrolysis oil's impurity problem

Amcor: RecyClass PCR certification secured ahead of UK Plastic Packaging Tax change

Belgium: Domestic plastic recycling surges sixfold in four years, bucking Europe's crisis

Returpack: Europe's first deposit return system to win RecyClass PET sorting certification

Going Greener

Henkel India: Kurkumbh adhesives plant goes carbon-neutral, Turkish site follows

Thyssenkrupp Uhde: Pre-FEED wins for two 400 KTA green ammonia projects in Brazil

Fresh off the Line

SABIC: Full EV battery material ecosystem on show at Battery Show Europe

Plants & Capacity

Sika: New Belgium concrete-admixtures plant and innovation hub strengthens European network

Deals & Consolidation

Barentz: ANZ integration complete as Additive Solutions rebrands

Money Matters

INEOS: ~€840 million in fresh term loans to clear the 2028 maturity wall

Field & Crop

Tripura rubber growers: Drone spraying pushed as answer to fungal leaf-fall outbreak

Policy & Regulation

Paraquat debate: Why India still permits a herbicide banned in 74 countries