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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ACC responds to New York mayor's call for ban on EPS in foodservice and drink containers / Study highlights costs of implementing proposals	05.04.2013
US RECYCLING Consumer access to non-bottle rigid plastics recycling improves to 57% / Concerns that access to recycling does not ensure high recycling rates / ACC studies	02.04.2013
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New York mayor Bloomberg calls for citywide polystyrene ban / Industry and business response critical	19.02.2013
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global plastics associations issue progress report on initiative against marine litter / Projects to date “greatly exceed” expectations	18.12.2012
YEAR IN REVIEW Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks	14.12.2012
BOTTLE RECYCLING Record 1.2m t of plastic bottles recycled in US last year / HDPE and PET dominate the pictures / Scrap exports abroad down year-on-year / Latest industry report	29.10.2012
PLASTICS AND HEALTH FDA officially seals phase-out of baby products containing BPA / Request by chemistry council	20.07.2012
COMMENT Plastics industry leads health watchdog to water	20.07.2012
ASSOCIATIONS IAPD joins forces with other major North American plastics associations / Increased collaboration	17.04.2012
PLASTICS AND HEALTH FDA declines again to move on BPA / Cites need for further studies / Health advocates critical	04.04.2012
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY New strategy to defend plastic carrier bags / Bag producers join SPI / More film recycling	21.12.2011
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global plastics groups sign Declaration for Solutions on Marine Litter / More than 100 projects to be carried out in 32 countries / Belgium starts retrieving floating waste	25.11.2011
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Hit, score and recycle...	25.11.2011
RECYCLING US plastic bottle recycling rate up 5% in 2010 at 1.18m t / Higher recovery rates for PET, HDPE and PP resins	18.10.2011
MOULD MANUFACTURING AMBA says trading conditions are improving for US mould manufacturers / Plastics sales up in May	27.07.2011
ASSOCIATIONS Leading US and Canadian plastics groups join hands / Establish North American Plastics Alliance	08.07.2011
EVENTS “IdentiPlast 2011” in Madrid	20.06.2011
POLYSTYRENE PS cups use less energy than PLA but generate more carbon emissions / ACC lifecycle study	31.03.2011
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Canada's ban on BPA in baby products now in effect / Precautionary approach “appropriate”	18.10.2010
EVENTS “IdentiPlast 2010”	06.08.2010
PU RECYCLING InfiChem introduces new technology to convert scrap PU foam into new polyols	11.06.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH New studies on bisphenol A draw comment / EPA unsure / EFSA to review its recommendations	22.02.2010
COMMENT What's at stake in the BPA “wars”?	21.01.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH FDA finally speaks on BPA / “Some concern" about effects / More US studies planned / PlasticsEurope warns about possible, "not well-founded" worries among consumers	19.01.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EPA eyes action on phthalates and other chemicals / ACC disputes endocrine effects	11.01.2010

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