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CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Europen calls on EU to ensure packaging waste regulations do not disrupt the internal market / Need for case-by-case assessment / Extended producer responsibility scheme to apply to consumers, too
08.03.2016
RECYLEX
French battery recycler fails to make ends meet / PP compounding activities in Germany and France
04.03.2016
RECYCLING
Bans on POPs and SVHCs undermine recycling, says Axion Polymers executive / Counter to EU Circular Economy vision / Toxic substances can be dealt with “successfully and harmlessly”
29.02.2016
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
German retailers plan to launch voluntary fee on 1 April
23.02.2016
US PLASTICS RECYCLING
Collection of non-bottle rigid plastics rises 27% in 2014 / Improved sorting and consumer access contribute to growth / Rebound from China “Green fence” policy boosts exports / ACC report
19.02.2016
FRANCE
Plastic bag ban delayed to 1 July / Authorities promote use of bio-based plastic carrier bags / “ORPlast” circular economy initiative calls for higher recyclate usage / Pressure to lift recycling rates in E&E and packaging segments
15.02.2016
PET RECYCLING
EFSA panel finds chain extenders TEOS and HMDS non-genotoxic for rPET in contact with food
29.01.2016
RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
French warrantor Valorplast lowers redemption price for PET bales / PS refunds offered for the first time
26.01.2016
RECYCLING
Finland establishes plastics recycling scheme / Packaging waste recycled by Ekokem
21.01.2016
PET RECYCLING
Spanish project to convert multi-layer packaging waste into alkyd and polyester resins / Collaboration between Aimplas and Barpimo
18.01.2016
RECYCLING
Italy takes small steps towards circular economy / Plastics reuse still in its infancy
14.01.2016
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
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
“Biodegradables” part of the marine litter problem, not the solution / UNEP report
01.12.2015
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
RECYCLING
New foundation to support recovery of brominated EPS / Demo plant to go on stream by 2018
25.11.2015
PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLING
US recycling increases by 3.3% in 2014 / Recycling rates improve to 31.8% on higher rates for HDPE and PP and despite lower PET rates / APR and ACC survey
17.11.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Chinese authorities tighten import controls for plastics scraps
13.11.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN
EPS reuse raised in 2014 / Lion's share from industrial waste stream
12.11.2015
US RECYCLING MARKET
Mixed waste recycling systems capable of recovering more plastics and metals / Single-stream systems better for paper recovery / American Forest & Paper Association study
11.11.2015
RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
Valorplast lowers Q4 redemption price of film bales and bottles significantly
05.11.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Revised EU paper leaked / Broad brush across proposals to be presented by year's end
02.11.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
German trade association proposes voluntary bag charge / Companies urged to decide on “reasonable fee”
29.10.2015
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Germany's PET bottle recycling rate stands at 94% / Use of rPET rising / Europe still has a lot of catching up to do / GVM packaging research
21.10.2015
RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
French warrantor Valorplast lowers redemption price for PET and polyolefin bales / Validity of current economic model increasingly questioned
19.10.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN
Spanish household recycling up 10.7% in 2014 / Improved sorting
15.10.2015
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