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ITALY
Resorts ban single-use items / Rome metro trials bottle recycling system
16.08.2019
CHINA
Shanghai's waste separation law in effect / Demand for plastic bins climbs / Hainan island bans single-use plastics
07.08.2019
SWITZERLAND
More than 5,000 t of plastics enter the environment each year / Discharges into the soil are 40 times greater than those into freshwater / Lake Geneva heavily contaminated with macroplastics
31.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Chemours sues DuPont over PFOA liability / ECHA proposes SVHC listing for “GenX” / Moody's downgrades spin-off
30.07.2019
SHALE GAS
Scotland renews Ineos' fracking licence / Decision raises NGOs' ire
29.07.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
UK government commits to spending millions to combat disposable plastics / Support for bio-based polymers / Firms including Unilever sign up to challenge
26.07.2019
AUSTRIA
Ban on plastic bags passed / First national “circularity gap” report / Education project for the packaging industry
25.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
ECHA adds four new substances to SVHC list / Two labelled as endocrine disruptors
22.07.2019
HUHTAMAKI
European court dismisses appeal against anti-competitive ruling
19.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
EU general court dismisses PlasticsEurope's BPA challenge / Listing as a SVHC and endocrine disruptor under REACH stands
18.07.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY
Environmental group accuses Henkel of consumer fraud / Definitions of post-industrial and post-consumer recyclate disputed
17.07.2019
FRANCE
Draft law puts waste collection in focus / Elipso sees need for more sorting plants and EPR for industrial packaging / "Access to recycled material is tomorrow's challenge for plastic packaging producers"
12.07.2019
PLASTIC PIPES
Creation of European standard for PVC-O pipes
09.07.2019
REACH
ECHA seeks to improve compliance / Cefic launches action plan to help members update dossiers / Industry says NGO criticism is “not helpful”
02.07.2019
FRANCE
Trade association Elipso welcomes bottle deposit scheme consultation / Concern over access to rPET for packaging
01.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Switzerland bans bisphenol A and bisphenol S in thermal paper / EU to follow in 2020
24.06.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Several African countries ban single-use plastics to fight pollution / Many plastic carrier bag bans already in effect
20.06.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Ingestion of microplastics widespread / Drinking a lot of bottled water increases particle consumption / Canadian study sees health concerns
19.06.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Canadian government proposes SUP ban from 2021 / Based on European model
13.06.2019
PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK
Recycling programme Wrap reports on “UK Plastics Pact” progress / Strides made in removing PS and black plastics from packaging as well as single-use items
07.06.2019
MEXICO
US plans tariffs for the automotive workbench / New USMCA agreement does not stop Trump
04.06.2019
PLASTICS WASTE
Malaysia and Philippines send back illegal waste imports to industrialised countries
03.06.2019
PLASTICS WASTE
Associations criticise new export regulations / Collapse of international trade feared / Intra-EU waste streams may face new hurdles / European exports continue to slide
31.05.2019
WORLD TRADE
Trade war leads to plummeting US polymer exports to China / Imports to Europe continue to grow / EU considers imposing punitive tariffs on US plastics
24.05.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Fluoropolymer intermediate PFOA added to Stockholm Convention POP list / Non-member US is pursuing action independently
24.05.2019
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