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  • 13 February 2026
  • Market: Chemicals, Polymers, Crude

Europe’s circular plastics market enters a pivotal year as the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) moves into full operation. With ambitious 2030 recycled content targets and a broader definition of packaging ‘producers’, the regulation brings urgency to investment decisions, technology choices and supply planning across the value chain.

Our latest insight paper from Argus Chemicals Consulting explores the shifts that will shape Europe’s approach to circularity in 2026 and the signposts that matter most for the path to 2030, including:

  • How PPWR’s first operational year is reshaping expectations for recycled material supply and use.
  • The rising reliance on chemical recycling, as PPO output must accelerate to meet regulatory demand.
  • The effect of delayed European projects and low-cost virgin polymer supply on competitiveness and planning.
  • How 2026’s regulatory developments could alter waste flows and influence future policy direction.

 

Download the paper today, and if you’d like to meet the Argus Chemicals Consultancy team, you can join them at Go Circular 2026, a leading European three-day event covering the full plastics and textile value chain, from policy to recycling technologies. Join the discussions shaping Europe’s circular transition by registering for the event.

Further insight is available from Argus experts and through Argus Recycled Polymers, Argus Biochemicals and Argus Consulting, which provide independent pricing, market intelligence and long-term analysis for global polymer and feedstock markets.

Download the insight paper

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