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UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Positive outlook for 2010 / Most players expect sales increases / British Plastics Federation survey
03.02.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
District of Columbia launches “Skip the bag, save the river” campaign / Customers of shops selling food or alcohol now charged 5 cents for each bag
01.02.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Toys containing DEHP banned in Australia
29.01.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
London's mayor unveils new waste management strategy / Road map for a plastic-bag-free city / CBC warns of wasteful spending, negative effects for 2012 Olympics
28.01.2010
FAIRS
Record number of visitors at “Swiss Plastics” fair
28.01.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Business pointing upward again / Players divided on how long it will take to pull out of recession
26.01.2010
COMPOUNDING INDUSTRY
Wide-reaching European patent application sparks protest / Compounders will fight back
25.01.2010
FAIRS
"Plast2012" in Milan returns to its May slot
21.01.2010
CHILE
Plastics manufacturers and processors looking for new export markets in Asia / Chilean plastics association predicts 5% growth
20.01.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
FDA finally speaks on BPA / “Some concern" about effects / More US studies planned / PlasticsEurope warns about possible, "not well-founded" worries among consumers
19.01.2010
GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS
European Commission launches investigation into Chinese imports / APFE accusations of dumping / EuCIA warns that import duties could drive prices up, production elsewhere
15.01.2010
TURKEY
Import duties on commodity plastics reduced?
15.01.2010
ASSOCIATIONS
Michael Kundel named new president of Vinyl Foundation / Goal of achieving 200,000 t post-consumer PVC waste recycling in grasp
11.01.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
EPA eyes action on phthalates and other chemicals / ACC disputes endocrine effects
11.01.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
New EU directive on authoritative list for plastics in contact with food
04.01.2010
EDUCATION
Post-master degree on “Bioresource Composites: Innovation and Ecodesign”
04.01.2010
YEAR IN REVIEW
Difficult period for the international plastics sector ends / No one will miss it / Global crisis hits companies hard / Asia moving closer into focus / Industry's structure is rapidly changing / Hopes pinned on “K 2010”
18.12.2009
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Report highlights the "plastics paradox" of carbon savings / PlasticsEurope presentation at Copenhagen climate summit
17.12.2009
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
German authority calls for tighter EU rules on carcinogens in toys / Current standards inadequate
16.12.2009
ASSOCIATIONS
New chairman for UK Carrier Bag Consortium
14.12.2009
EPRO
Child car seats win recycling competition / Award scheme raises awareness of packaging recycling
11.12.2009
PACKAGING REGULATIONS
Taskforce begins work on developing ISO standards for packaging and the environment
10.12.2009
PLASTIC PACKAGING
German industry improves “visibly” in Q3 / Packagers need better access to credit
09.12.2009
FAIRS / EXHIBITIONS
Reed Exhibitions hands over organisation of Interplas 2011 to Plastics Multimedia Communications
09.12.2009
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
FDA urged to complete delayed BPA review / US authority says its findings are “forthcoming”
08.12.2009
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