The global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market has entered 2026 with soft demand, volatile freight and aggressive import competition defining sentiment across most regions. • Seasonality, freight volatility and speculative activity override fundamentals • Producers in multiple regions struggle to lift run rates meaningfully • Trade flows keep shifting as buyers chase the cheapest origin Middle

Within the study, CETMA (Italy) and Gjenkraft AS (Norway) collaborated with Cormatex (Italy) and ÉireComposites (Ireland). Glass fibres recovered using Gjenkraft's thermal recycling process were converted into a nonwoven mat by Cormatex and then evaluated for use in composite manufacturing.

The study was commissioned by Every Can Counts and conducted across 16 countries with more than 16,000 participants. It indicates that circularity is becoming part of general public understanding, particularly in relation to packaging and recycling systems.

Out of all the packaging waste generated, 40.4% was paper and cardboard, 19.8% was plastic, 18.8% glass, 15.8% wood, 4.9% metal and 0.2% other packaging.

Trinseo has announced that Trinseo and Coexpan will collaborate to validate various polystyrene recycling technologies to develop polystyrene containing recycled content that is fit for use in the global dairy industry's form fill seal ("FFS") market.

Upfront the 25th International Congress for Battery Recycling, organizer ICM has talked to Roman Stiftner, Managing Director of the Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Federation.

An innovative method for aluminium recycling has been boosted by research showing the microscopic changes that take place when molten alloys cool.