New grades based on post-consumer recycled PET will now be available for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.

This is an important step in validating the company’s proprietary FDCA technology under commercial operating conditions.

The company will retain its own brand, management, and customer relationships.

UK regulators have intervened in the packaging recycling evidence market after tighter accreditation and enforcement rules led to reduced availability of Packaging Waste Recycling Notes (PRNs) and Packaging Waste Export Recycling Notes (PERNs).

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The RECOUP Plastics Assembly 2026 brought together experts from across industry, government, academia and the resource management sector to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of plastics circularity.

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The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) has launched FPA Young & Emerging Professionals (YEP), a new initiative designed to help attract new talent to the sector, support people at the beginning of their careers and give emerging professionals a stronger voice in the future of the sector.

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Police in Albania's capital Tirana have fired tear gas and water cannons onto crowds gathered outside the Ministry of Education where students are among those protesting.

Lord Ricketts says more should be spent on improving the resilience of energy, transport, air traffic control and defence sites.

The BBC is on the ground at the Place de la République, where protesters and police clash after weeks of students demonstrations.