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CIRCULAR ECONOMY “The plastics industry faces a decisive year in 2023”: Comment by Ingemar Bühler of Plastics Europe Deutschland	12.12.2022
PLASTICS WASTE MEPs adopt report on new waste shipment regulation / European trade group calls for further amendments	09.12.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA Congress introduces Protecting Communities from Plastics Act / Opposition and counter proposal from trade associations	08.12.2022
RECYCLING UK Leading plastics reclaim firm slams waste plastics ban proposals / “Be careful what you wish for”, says Re-Gen boss	08.12.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact	08.12.2022
PACKAGING Proposed EU quotas on reusable plastics are incomprehensible, says Germany's IK / Reusable quotas for beverages not ambitious enough, says NGO	07.12.2022
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING WEEE shipment rules: European trade bodies seek simplification in Basel Convention amendments	06.12.2022
PACKAGING EU draft law sets targets for reuse, recycling / Goal is to cut packaging waste / Chemical recycling to count towards reclaim quotas / Trade groups raise concerns	05.12.2022
TITANIUM DIOXIDE EU general court overturns ECHA's classification as a carcinogen / Industry groups welcome decision / Market weakness	29.11.2022
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Plastics under attack at COP27 / UN agencies blame materials for waste, climate change / Official says, 'The future is not plastic'	22.11.2022
PACKAGING Trade associations criticise EU packaging waste proposal / Targets said to lack scientific support / Call for guidelines based on ecological impacts	22.11.2022
ITALY Forza Italia agrees to cancel plastic tax / Converters' association says levy could put excessive burden on the industry	21.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGOs raise concerns on EU's revision to waste legislation / Circularity rate of 8.6% “dangerous for Europe's future”	21.11.2022
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Net-zero plans not enough to keep global warming at 1.5C / Faster decarbonisation action, focus on cutting consumption priority – ZWE report	18.11.2022
EDITORIAL Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?	17.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE	16.11.2022
BIOPLASTICS Study casts doubt over home-compostable plastics packaging / Researchers question “effective or environmentally beneficial” waste processing method	11.11.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs	11.11.2022
DRINKS PACKAGING European trade groups say EU PPWD draft poses existential threat to beverage industries / Proposed targets could dismantle recycling infrastructure	04.11.2022
REACH Commission delays chemicals regulation revision / Industry sees itself overburdened / EU member states and NGOs disappointed / Green deal in danger?	28.10.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Trade bodies urge caution on recycled content targets under EU directive / Raw material costs stabilise in Q3 / Outlook remains uncertain	28.10.2022
US PLASTICS RECYCLING Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”	27.10.2022
NGR K 2022: EFSA, FDA food contact approval for rPET from LSP process	24.10.2022
PLASTICS WASTE Trade bodies urge EU regulators to strengthen proposed waste rules / EuRIC seeks mandatory targets for recycled content	24.10.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING Report shows bigger climate impact from chemical recycling / Call for focus on mechanical recycling and reducing packaging waste	17.10.2022

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