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PLASTIC PACKAGING
Recyclate use quotas cannot be met, industry warns / European associations call for credit system
20.10.2023
MICROPLASTICS
EU seeks to tighten controls on pellets / Move supports push to cut pollution
19.10.2023
EUROPEAN RECYCLING
Imports, weak demand threaten reclaim firms, industry group warns / 'Future of recycling' at stake / rPET production down sharply
12.10.2023
3M
Belgian site idle again as PFAS issues resurface / Supplier says outage could affect other products
10.10.2023
PVC
India investigates dumping of paste types / Inovyn only European supplier facing probe
10.10.2023
MICROPLASTICS
EU ban targets cosmetics / Transition period for artifical turf / Building industry receives exemptions
06.10.2023
POLAND
Long-awaited bill on deposit return system made public / Start-up planned for 2025 / Criticism from Plastics Europe Polska
05.10.2023
UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY
Nordic nations demand tough rules / Plans could cut mismanaged plastics waste by 90% / Nordic Council report
04.10.2023
PFAS
EU ends consultation on proposed restrictions / ECHA scientists to review responses / Ban expected in 2025
02.10.2023
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK
English ban on SUPs begins / Multiple products exempt from prohibition
02.10.2023
EDITORIAL
Are we even ready to eliminate single-use plastics?
29.09.2023
FRANCE
Industry group unveils plan to recycle PS packaging / Elipso backs EU Parliament on deposit system / Proposed EPS rules face backlash
25.09.2023
UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY
First draft divides interested parties / Proposed ban on materials, products lacks specifics / A ‘missed opportunity', says Plastics Europe
21.09.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY GERMANY
Single-Use Plastic Fund Act: what companies need to know about registration and payment
21.09.2023
SWEDEN
Government to end tax on plastic bags / Officials blame higher energy needed to make paper sacks
20.09.2023
US REGULATION
First US state to ban government purchases of SUP bottles
20.09.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Germany unveils new reclaim standard / NC-based printing inks dubbed non-recyclable / Further changes postponed
15.09.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY GERMANY
Federal government sets levy rates on SUP products / Funds to be directed to public sector 2025 onwards
07.09.2023
AUSTRIA
Deposit on single-use plastic bottles, cans starting 2025 / Organisation takes over newly founded central body Zentrale Stelle
06.09.2023
FRANCE
Tests said to support plans for EPS, XPS recycling / Business groups back French guidelines as EU doubts legality
30.08.2023
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS
Dekra certifies UPM Raflatac label-assessing system
30.08.2023
RUSSIA
Business groups attack proposed packaging regs / Industry faces initial losses of EUR 1.3 bn
29.08.2023
UK
Government reveals revenues from plastics packaging tax / Volumes of chargeable imports, local production nearly equal
23.08.2023
PFAS
Restrictions could disrupt supply chain, warns European industry / EPA orders Chemours, 3M to do more testing / Insufficient data on ‘forever chemicals'
21.08.2023
PVC
VinylPlus fights for industry's future in EU / Results of ECHA risk review due in Q4 / US EPA may study dangers of VCM
17.08.2023
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