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SAUDI ARABIA
Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017
11.01.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Updated recycling guidelines for plastics / Coloured and non-coloured packaging
10.01.2018
DOWDUPONT
Plan to aid Indonesian efforts to process locally-collected plastics waste into roads / Project could help reduce ocean plastics
09.01.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Lack of awareness about recycling among young people in UK, Germany and Poland / More than two-thirds of consumers aged 65+ in Germany recycle all their plastics / PlasticsEurope survey
05.01.2018
PET RECYCLING
Collection and recycling of PET rises in Western Europe / Recycling rate reaches 56 percent in 2016 / Petcore Europe report
04.01.2018
BIOPLASTICS
EU producers press for lower bioethanol duties / Competition from the Americas
03.01.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Recommended measures to achieve higher EU recycling rate within 8 years / Job creation and economic benefits / PRE and Deloitte report
02.01.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
EU circular economy compromise presented / Lower recycling targets / European plastics industry reaffirms its contribution / PlasticsEurope sees big opportunities for resource efficiency
22.12.2017
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS
BIC publishes guide to help investors in the bio-economy / Discussion of various grants and funds available in Europe
21.12.2017
UNITED KINGDOM
EuPC and BPF release joint position paper on Brexit / EU-27 exports EUR 6.6 bn to UK / Importance of duty-free trade and border efficiency / Circular economy should include the UK
20.12.2017
PLASTICS MACHINERY INDIA
Global exports fall in first nine months of 2017 / China top supplier / VDMA figures released ahead of "Plastindia" trade fair
19.12.2017
YEAR IN REVIEW 2017
A plastics perspective on the past 12 months
15.12.2017
ASSOCIATIONS
James Stern appointed president of MedPharmPlast Europe
14.12.2017
MARINE LITTER
Single-use plastics make up about half of beach litter in Europe / Reducing consumption could curb large source of marine pollution / Regulations needed for long-term effectiveness / Seas At Risk report
13.12.2017
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
EuPC survey results on use of recycled plastic materials / Poor quality and unreliable supply key barriers / Price is primary incentive / Second survey in 2018
12.12.2017
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
EU imposes antitrust fines on five airbags, seat belts and steering wheels suppliers
12.12.2017
EVENTS
Annual "Petcore Europe Conference" will focus on PET in the circular economy
12.12.2017
MARINE LITTER
Port of Antwerp and companies sign pledge to collaborate on plastic pellet loss prevention
11.12.2017
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Worldwide exports to Russia fell 43% in 2016 / Germany is top supplier / VDMA figures released ahead of “interplastica” event
08.12.2017
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Bale guidelines issued to improve recyclate quality / Applicable to various collection systems
07.12.2017
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
India struggles to deal with mountains of plastic waste / Nationwide restrictions follow tighter state-level rules for sale and disposal / World's largest jute producer discovers renewables
04.12.2017
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Manifesto for European bioeconomy / Novamont represents plastics industry
29.11.2017
RECYCLING
PolyStyreneLoop inaugurates first European demo plant / Treatment of flame-retarded EPS and XPS foam
28.11.2017
PLASTIC PIPES GERMANY
Production volume stagnates in 2016 / Shift towards PE and away from other materials / Earnings still under pressure / Industry association hopes for positive impetus from Berlin
24.11.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank
23.11.2017
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