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UPDATE - USA Plastics Pact calls for end of PS, EPS, and PVC packaging by 2025 / Group wants to eliminate 11 polymer products and materials	28.01.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY CEEAG: German waste disposal association criticises latest EU aid framework / Exclusion of recycling companies from renewable energy act compensation scheme	28.01.2022
BISPHENOL A EFSA revisits proposals for BPA use in food packaging / New guidance would slash tolerable intake levels 100,000-fold	27.01.2022
TURKEY PET bottle deposit return scheme postponed to 2023 / Collection, reimbursement system not ready	26.01.2022
RECYCLING EUROPE RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification ready for accreditation	21.01.2022
RECYCLING GERMANY New DIN standard for recyclate classifications / Guidelines currently non-binding	21.01.2022
JAPAN Restrictions on some SUPs from 1 April / Nikkei reports rise in plastics use in 2021 due to Covid-19	20.01.2022
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Industry group BPF calls on UK processors to join climate change agreements / Major savings possible / Deadline set for 31 March	18.01.2022
PLASTICS WASTE German environment minister wants EU-wide export ban on plastics scrap / New import regulation in Turkey	17.01.2022
SLOVAKIA Deposit return system in effect for cans, PET bottles / Ambitious goals	11.01.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY FEAD troubled by exclusion of recycling from latest EU aid framework	06.01.2022
RECYCLING UK Plastics Pact annual report shows progress in plastic reduction / Wrap boss urges investors to “open their wallets” / Mono-material PE bags, PP films should be recycled more	03.01.2022
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Forum PET welcomes extension to mandatory deposit scheme / Additional 44,000 t of rPET in the bottle-to-bottle recycling loop	03.01.2022
PORTUGAL Ban on SUP products / Lightweight plastic bags to be discontinued	23.12.2021
THE NETHERLANDS Possible to halve climate impact of plastics: study / Realisation of 2018 Plastics Transition Agenda essential	22.12.2021
UK Tetra Pak survey reveals consumer confusion over deposit return scheme / Aldi tests collection in Scotland	16.12.2021
REACH ECHA inspection uncovers numerous violations in online trade / Support for PFA restrictions	14.12.2021
PLASTICS WASTE EU proposes tighter shipment rules / Recyclate trade could become easier within trading bloc	13.12.2021
WASTE MANAGEMENT USA Environmental Protection Agency's strategy to improve municipal solid waste recycling / Plastics provisions in US infrastructure law	26.11.2021
MEG EU decides on final punitive tariffs for US, Saudi imports	18.11.2021
SCOTLAND Ban of several single-use plastic items / Plastic straws exempted “under special circumstances”	18.11.2021
UK Parliament puts new environment bill on statute books / Legislation threatens taxes on single-use plastics / Call for ‘consistent' recycling network across England	12.11.2021
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS EuPC: Packaging producers voice concern over fragmentation of European SUP laws / Lack of clarity on provisions	10.11.2021
ITALY Plastics tax postponed once again / Date reset to January 2023 / Political groups leverage industry arguments	01.11.2021
AUSTRIA Deposit on non-returnable plastic bottles set for 2025 / Sale of returnable containers mandatory in 2024	29.10.2021

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