Ellen MacArthur Foundation

More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF

Oxo-biodegradables industry slams EU drive to restrict usage / Conventional polymers seen as the “bigger risk” in microplastics generation

Experts across value chain meet at annual “Petcore Europe Conference” / Over 200 attendees gain insights into circular economy and innovation

UNEP and Ellen MacArthur partner to step up circular economy actions / China's plastics waste restrictions beneficial

Winners of innovation competition announced at WEF in Davos / MacArthur's programme identifies latest projects to reduce marine litter

Plans to make water bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025 / Danone-owned group will collaborate with Ellen MacArthur

Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017

Oxo-biodegradable lobby responds to EMF's critical report / Packaging firms "care more about profits than the environment"

Ellen MacArthur Foundation calls for oxo-degradable plastic packaging ban / Contribution to microplastic pollution

Launch of wide-sweeping plastic bag ban / Draconian penalties for use / Other African countries to follow

Manufacturing plant expanded in the UK / Growing demand for PS, PET and PP food packaging

World Plastics Council undertakes marine litter combat / Increasing awareness for waste prevention concepts in Asia / G20 Action Plan announced in Hamburg

Membership in two Ellen MacArthur Foundation circular economy initiatives

Consumer giant to use only recyclable plastic packaging / MacArthur membership renewed

WEF, MacArthur Foundation and plastics industry in joint declaration on combatting marine litter / “New Plastics Economy” initiative presents strategies for recycling at Davos

Food giant joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Promoting the circular economy

Austrian polyolefins giant joins key circular economy projects PCEP and New Plastics Economy

Much work still needed in UK, paper says / Extended Producer Responsibility is key / Packaging waste cleanup costs exceed GBP 100m annually in England / All parts of supply chain must work together

Marine Litter: More plastics in the Pacific than thought / Ocean Cleanup completes first aerial survey

“Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November

Oceans summit in Washington focuses on marine litter / Obama's plans for worldwide plastic bag ban not considered / Dow pledges USD 2.8m to aid solutions

PRE issues new strategy paper at 20th anniversary meeting / Current market structure “highly unsustainable” / Calls for more holistic approach to recycling / Need for standardisation

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation

European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform ECP4 says EU funding is key to sector's success / Members invited to join “New Plastics Economy Initiative”