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RECYCLING Italy takes small steps towards circular economy / Plastics reuse still in its infancy	14.01.2016
SONOCO Closure of two of Weidenhammer's German plants in Hockenheim and Bunde / Manufacture of composite cans shifted to Poland / Investment in injection moulding production in eastern Germany	07.01.2016
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Sweden wins lawsuit over endocrine disruptors / General Court says EU Commission broke the law	22.12.2015
EVENTS “PET Recycling for Food Contact” Conference to be held in Frankfurt in March	18.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were	11.12.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA committees favour restricting BPA-containing cash register receipts / Debate over French plans for ban / Opinions sent to EU Commission for decision	11.12.2015
EVENTS “Plastics Recycling Show” moved to late March / Earlier date had been scrapped following Brussels terror threat	10.12.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRE joins criticism of EU's Circular Economy Package / “Facelifted” initiative lacks concrete actions, recyclers say	09.12.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Plastics organisations critical of EU's revised proposals / Waste reduction targets seen as insufficient / Landfilling will still be allowed / Recyclers call new package “light” version	07.12.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING Plastics Recyclers Europe questions PlasticsEurope's 2014 figures on reuse of waste plastics / Calls for more transparent and harmonised pan-European data collection	30.11.2015
PLASTICISERS ECPI urges European Commission to authorise recycling of flexible PVC containing DEHP / Expresses disappointment in European Parliament's objection	27.11.2015
REACH ECHA proposes 11 new substances for authorisation / PVC plasticisers a priority	24.11.2015
COCA-COLA EU Commission approves internal merger / New European bottling giant takes shape	19.11.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Revised EU paper leaked / Broad brush across proposals to be presented by year's end	02.11.2015
SOLVAY Innovative high-value PA recycling project / Initial focus on airbags / New plant in Poland due onstream in 2016	19.10.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN Spanish household recycling up 10.7% in 2014 / Improved sorting	15.10.2015
PET RECYCLING First Polymark results of PET marker technology / Coating-based approach / Next phase to focus on detection and sorting equipment	30.09.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Packaging industry drafts targets for new EU regulations / Product responsibility stressed	25.09.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH French constitutional court overturns export ban for packaging made with BPA / Legal challenge by PlasticsEurope / Restrictions on use in France remain in place	22.09.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Transformation of European circular economy could create 3m jobs by 2030 / Structural unemployment could fall by 520,000 / WRAP study first of its kind to list potential employment for each EU member state	18.09.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Polish plastics processors' association founds new working group to realise EU guideline / Calls for bag fee	08.09.2015
INOVYN Spanish authorities allege breach of electricity interruptibility deal at Martorell site / Demand back-payments / Decision could damage PVC hub's future viability	31.08.2015
KEM ONE EU Commission approves state aid package / “Appropriate response” to company's woes / Investment projects proceeding / Now Europe's second largest PVC producer	03.08.2015
HUHTAMAKI Finnish packaging giant joins appeal against EU cartel fines / Business divested	30.07.2015