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PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
German Bundestag confirms ban on plastic bags / Consumption of 18 plastic bags per person in 2019
23.12.2020
GUALA CLOSURES
Italian closures giant selects reclaimed ocean plastics for bottle stoppers
23.12.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Eastman to begin reporting plastic pellet spills
22.12.2020
CHINAPLAS
Trade fair set for April 2021 in Shenzhen / More than 3,600 exhibitors expected
22.12.2020
UK
Recoup survey shows upward trend in household plastics collection / Pandemic changes lifestyles, increases recycling rate
18.12.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY
Sales down 10%-15% in 2020 / Jan-Oct revenue off 14% / Return to pre-crisis levels likely in 2023 / Waste and recycling business down
17.12.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Study says US is third largest contributor to coastal plastics pollution
16.12.2020
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
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