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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
MARINE LITTER
Study proposes comprehensive strategy to tackle ocean plastics / Elimination of many single-use and non-recyclable products needed / Actions to curb pollution
17.08.2020
GKV
Oliver Möllenstädt quits German plastics converters association / No successor in sight yet
17.08.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Study suggests carbon impact of plastics is lower than other packaging materials / Glass bottles the highest emitter overall / Report by Veolia and Imperial College London
14.08.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Sustainability goals are still high on the agenda / Recycled material remains in demand despite coronavirus crisis / IK flash survey
13.08.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Spanish AP-Waste project to study agricultural plastics biodegraded by insects
10.08.2020
UPDATE - DENMARK
Government announces plan to overhaul waste and recycling system / Proposed restriction on imported waste for incineration
10.08.2020
RECOUP
UK recycling organisation celebrates 30 years / Over 370,000 t of plastic bottles collected for recycling in 2019
10.08.2020
RECYCLASS
Seven certification bodies across Europe join plastic packaging group
07.08.2020
AUSTRIA
Greenpeace criticises poor recycling rates for PET bottles / “Increase the proportion of returnable containers”
03.08.2020
MARINE LITTER
New studies show level of microplastics pollution in London's Thames river
31.07.2020
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