United Nations

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Slow going for UN plastics treaty / Draft to be completed by November / Select countries push for national autonomy	09.06.2023
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Recycling plastic leads to increased toxicity in material – Greenpeace report / Recycled plastics vectors for spreading chemicals of concern – Cambridge study / BPF response	02.06.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UN Plastics Treaty: companies tackling pollution form alliance to better inform policymakers	26.05.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UN plastics treaty: Sides stake out positions ahead of talks / Next INC-2 round in Paris / Legal issues could hound industry / Big investors call on companies to reduce use of plastics	15.05.2023
UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY First meeting on global rules reveals discord / 50-country bloc demands lower resin output, bans for some grades / Industry role in negotiations criticised / Next talks due in May	15.02.2023
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Plastics under attack at COP27 / UN agencies blame materials for waste, climate change / Official says, 'The future is not plastic'	22.11.2022
US PLASTICS RECYCLING Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”	27.10.2022
PETROCHEMICALS USA Bloomberg-backed anti-pollution campaign takes aim at US petchem expansion / Plastics industry fires back / EPA launches environmental justice office	10.10.2022
ENERGY Call for windfall tax on oil and gas profits to boost renewables spending / Cut in consumption, more investment needed to address energy crisis / UN report	17.08.2022
LOGISTICS Possible strikes at German airports as recession looms / Ground crew walkout heaps pressure on air freight / Water levels on rivers continue to fall / Trend for container freight rates varied	28.07.2022
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Indonesia's museum of plastics waste	12.11.2021
PLASTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY US trade organisation's report says plastics have lower environmental impact over lifecycle than other materials	04.11.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Call for global pact to tackle marine pollution / Costs on society from plastics production to hit EUR 6 tn in 2040 / WWF report	23.09.2021
TRADE FAIRS Spain's “Equiplast” to be held in Barcelona / Recreation of recycling plant at the show	03.09.2021
FORMOSA PLASTICS US Gulf “Sunshine Project” delayed again / Charges of “environmental racism”	24.08.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT WTO's Informal Dialogue group seeks to address plastics trade data gaps / Talks on transparency, international cooperation / Trade and environment committee discusses climate change, sustainability	03.05.2021
MARINE LITTER Nordic officials call for less plastics pollution / Report proposes UN treaty to benefit businesses	28.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste	24.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE "European Plastics Pact" launches / Targets include better life cycle management of packaging and disposables / EuPC sees difficulties and refuses to join	09.03.2020
SABIC Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations	14.02.2020
ADIDAS Pledge to use 100% recycled polyester from 2024 / Up to 20m shoes to be made in 2020 from ocean plastics / Sustainable football field in Florida	07.02.2020
EVENTS "VinylPlus Sustainability Forum" 2020 arrives in Florence in May	27.01.2020
BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION Launch of web resource linked to UN sustainability goals / Seminar planned for February 2020	13.01.2020
MARINE LITTER Estimates of fishing gear pollution / Some data gaps for Africa, Asia and South America / Stronger ocean governance called for / EU project on information tool to reduce gear loss	17.12.2019
WORLD PLASTICS COUNCIL International alliance meets at "K 2019" / Advocacy is the priority / China's circular plans focus on technology and biopolymers / EPR schemes controversial	21.10.2019