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FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Ceflex says recycled mono-materials support circular economy
24.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING
EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes
23.09.2020
COSMETIC PACKAGING
UK recycling organisation Recoup conducts case studies in cosmetic & beauty sector / Design guideline for better recyclability
22.09.2020
STYRENICS RECYCLING
Ineos Styrolution and Trinseo spearhead new sustainability project / Pilot plant for feedstock recycling in France
21.09.2020
COMPOSITES RECYCLING
EU project seeks to recycle biocomposites
21.09.2020
RECYCLING
Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging
18.09.2020
RECYCLASS
Recoup to oversee UK version of PRE's recyclability audit
16.09.2020
PLASTICS TAX
National Council of Switzerland calls for plastics levy / Lower house wants 25% recyclate rate for packaging by 2025
14.09.2020
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE
Progress in 2020 / 14 projects worldwirde underway with plans to double in 12 months / Goal for zero plastics waste in more than 100 at-risk cities
11.09.2020
BREXIT
UK chemicals industry lauds added time for registrations
09.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
EuPC to augment results of rPM survey with new poll about effects of Covid-19 pandemic
07.09.2020
PEEL ENVIRONMENTAL
Plans to build UK's first plastics waste-to-hydrogen plant still on track
07.09.2020
GUEST EDITORIAL
Pro EU plastics tax: “The plastics tax – an important impulse” / Tomasz Mikulski, ML Polyolefins
04.09.2020
GUEST EDITORIAL
Con EU plastics tax: “We need a European plastics Marshall Plan” / Hannes Meier, M2 Consulting
04.09.2020
PLASTICS WASTE
Interpol: Illegal disposal of plastics waste is booming / “Waste mafia” redirects large quantities to Southeast Asia
04.09.2020
AIMPLAS
“Promising” results from first year of European BIOnTop project / Goal to develop recyclable and compostable packaging
03.09.2020
AVIENT
Compounder rolls out new light-blocking additive to comply with EU titanium dioxide restrictions
02.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK
UK kerbside waste collection jump, despite coronavirus lockdown effect
01.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA
Alliance to create circular economy / North American platform of Ellen MacArthur's global “Plastics Pact” / 50% recycling rate targeted
31.08.2020
MARINE LITTER
Microplastics in every seafood type tested / Ten times more plastics waste in Atlantic Ocean than estimated / New research throws light on scale of pollution problem
28.08.2020
SUPPLY CHAIN
Steps required to strengthen global value chains as shock events rise / Disruptions could wipe out 45% of annual profits every 10 years / Network restructuring to reshore production / McKinsey report
27.08.2020
PLASTICS VALUE CHAIN
Investigation of shift toward sustainability strategy to curb packaging waste as demand grows / Wood Mackenzie report on materials transition
26.08.2020
REACH
New procedure for reporting SVHCs from 2021 / ECHA with dedicated web page
25.08.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY
Sales down for the first time in 11 years / Turnover expected to fall by as much as 30% in 2020 / Chinese business and circular economy provide hope
21.08.2020
LOGISTICS
French industry association reports significantly fewer journeys in the first half of 2020 / Price pressure increasing
19.08.2020
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