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EU PLASTICS TAX Parliament green-lights planned levy / Next step is ratification at national level	12.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC and Circularise partner to develop systems for tracking plastics and monitoring recyclates / Group seeks prototype testers	12.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Certification system extended to cover all packaging types	12.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PolyCert Europe seeks EU-wide quality compliance rules and alignment of reclaim-use standards for plastics processing	05.10.2020
PVC China initiates anti-dumping investigation into US-made PVC / US, Taiwan, Japan main import sources	02.10.2020
US RECYCLING California passes first US recycled-content law for beverage bottles / Containers need 15% reclaim content by 2022	01.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste	24.09.2020
GERMANY Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants	24.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes	23.09.2020
PLASTICS TAX National Council of Switzerland calls for plastics levy / Lower house wants 25% recyclate rate for packaging by 2025	14.09.2020
BREXIT UK chemicals industry lauds added time for registrations	09.09.2020
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
AVIENT Compounder rolls out new light-blocking additive to comply with EU titanium dioxide restrictions	02.09.2020
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
REACH New procedure for reporting SVHCs from 2021 / ECHA with dedicated web page	25.08.2020
AUSTRIA Greenpeace criticises poor recycling rates for PET bottles / “Increase the proportion of returnable containers”	03.08.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU parliament rejects council's coronavirus recovery package / Tax on non-recyclable plastic packaging a target / EuPC warns levy will not improve recycling	28.07.2020
CHEMICAL RECYCLING ChemRecEurope responds to restrictions in Zero Waste Europe's priorities for waste policy	28.07.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging	22.07.2020
CORRECTION - GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS Anti-dumping tariffs on continuous filament glass fibres from Egypt in effect	22.07.2020
THE NETHERLANDS “Recycling is good, reuse is even better” / Offensive against packaging waste	21.07.2020
ETHYLENE EU commission fines Celanese, Clariant and Orbia / Companies implicated in illegal C2 purchasing scheme	17.07.2020
PLASTICS WASTE German parliament calls for ban on exports to non-EU countries	10.07.2020

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