In January 2026, the U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) released its annual progress report, which details the practical data of participating enterprises in 2024 toward the 2030 circular economy goals. The report notes that 2025 has emerged as a critical "turning point" for the Pact’s work, with its focus fully shifting from initial infrastructure development and planning to the implementation and promotion of concrete solutions.

Dual Pressures of Weak Demand and Policy Volatility: The U.S. Recycled Plastic Market Faces Critical Challenges

On December 31, the National Development and Reform Commission and six other departments issued the Action Plan for the Promotion and Application of Recycled Materials. Recycled plastics were designated as a key category in the plan with systematic arrangements. Centering on the entire industrial chain—including enhancing supply capacity, expanding application scope, improving management systems, and refining supporting policies—the plan aims to drive the high-quality development of the recycled plastics industry and facilitate the transition to a circular economy and low-carbon development.

China-EU Symposium on Green Design Policies for Plastic Products Held in Beijing

The comprehensive operating index of domestic recycled plastic enterprises in November 2025 was 49%, which decreased compared with that in October.

Huizhou Tianhong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. invites you to gather at the Nanjing Plastic Trade Fair on December 8th

Europe's Plastic Recycling Industry Plunges into Historic Recession: Annual Capacity Drops by 1 Million Tonnes in Three Years, Facility Closures Surge by 50% Soaring costs and the impact of low-cost imports have severely hit major categories such as PET, endangering the EU's circular economy goals. The industry has urgently called for policy intervention, demanding fair market rules and support for energy costs.

Recently, the top international academic journal *Nature Sustainability* published a "correspondence article" titled "Plastic Disposal: A Critical Climate Decision". The article clearly points out that with the breakdown of global plastic treaty negotiations, countries around the world are facing a neglected climate crisis: the final disposal methods of plastics (landfilling, incineration, or recycling) constitute a significant climate decision, yet their carbon emissions have never been formally included in national climate commitments. The article warns that this policy blind spot is putting global climate goals at serious risk.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Further Accelerating the Systematic Layout and High-Level Construction of Manufacturing Pilot Test Platforms", and simultaneously released the "Guidelines for the Construction of Manufacturing Pilot Test Platforms (2025 Edition)" and the "Key Points for the Construction of Key Directions of Manufacturing Pilot Test Platforms (2025 Edition)". The policy proposes that by the end of 2027, the strength of high-level pilot test platforms will be further enhanced, a modern pilot test platform system will be basically established, and a national manufacturing pilot test service network with multi-subject participation, multi-field layout, and multi-level services will be formed.

Major breakthrough! China has successfully produced "virgin-grade" polypropylene from 200,000 tons of mixed waste plastics