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YEAR IN REVIEW 2020 Saying “goodbye” to an unusual year	11.12.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Environment ministry submits draft of new packaging law / Deposits for wider range of disposable bottles / Mandatory amount of rPET for one-way bottles	10.12.2020
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Pandemic hits EU 27 sales, output in first nine months / Circular economy can cushion economic blows	08.12.2020
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY German industry accustomed to success faces declining sales for the first time / Covid-19 sparks irreversible upheavals / Spectaris survey	07.12.2020
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS German Bundestag decides to ban plastic bags / Ultra-thin bags not affected	04.12.2020
WASTE MANAGEMENT Circulate Capital and Aavishkaar Capital invest USD 18m in dry-waste management in India	04.12.2020
RECYCLASS Recycled-content certification begins	04.12.2020
RESEARCH Two Austrian recycling projects seek to improve sorting of plastics waste	03.12.2020
BREXIT Outcome of UK-EU trade negotiations remains uncertain / Time is running out / Plastics industry prepares / Coronavirus pandemic and supply bottlenecks add to problems	01.12.2020
PVC EU imposes punative tariffs on PVC from the US	01.12.2020
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING Brominated flame retardants not hindering recycling electronics / 55% of plastics with such additives reclaimed at specialised sites	01.12.2020
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS Eunomia report calls for critical assessment of life cycle studies / Research cites shortcomings of recycling data	27.11.2020
FRANCE Decrease in overall plastic packaging sales / Elipso members expect increase in revenues in 2021 / Majority believes circular economy is the way forward	26.11.2020
RECYCLING UK Government spends more than EUR 25m on circular-economy centres / Plans to reduce fossil reliance in chemical industry / UKRI funds recycling plants	26.11.2020
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE Jakob Mosser elected as new chairman	26.11.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Companies in UK and France launch face-mask recycling initiatives / Next waste crisis due to Covid-19?	25.11.2020
EPCA Hartwig Michels appointed as new head of petrochemical association	25.11.2020
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS German plastics packaging association stresses on importance of to-go packaging / Composite solutions more difficult to recycle	23.11.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Second Ellen MacArthur progress report / Accelerated efforts needed to meet 2025 goals / Call for action on recycling, reduction, international cooperation	20.11.2020
PLASTICS TAX UK government publishes draft of proposed tax on plastic packaging	20.11.2020
WASTE MANAGEMENT Move to circular economy creates new opportunities / Investment considerations include feedstock security, market disruptors and price trajectories / Eunomia report	18.11.2020
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Hike in fee for single-use sacks in UK falls short, supermarkets say	17.11.2020
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY Trade surplus drops 20% in 2019 / Trade deficit in resins and machinery with Germany	16.11.2020
BREXIT ECHA urges companies to check registrations of materials from UK-based suppliers / IT and advice section updated	16.11.2020
PLASTICS ECONOMY Industry recovery in German-speaking countries still slow / Is the low point behind us? / “Lockdown light” provokes criticism / “Work from home” divides employers and employees / Second Covid-19 survey	12.11.2020

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