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PLASTICS AND HEALTH Follow-up: China bans BPA in baby bottles	02.06.2011
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Move to switch country to biodegradable plastic bags by 2013 / Suppliers should apply for product approval	31.05.2011
BRAZIL Follow-up: São Paulo bag ban to go into effect on 1 January 2012 / Salvador city council votes in favour of oxo-biodegradable plastic bags	25.05.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS EU mulling union-wide ban / Online survey to gather civil society suggestions	24.05.2011
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECPI: Industry protests French bill banning phthalates / Legislation takes first parliamentary hurdle	24.05.2011
BRAZIL Plastic bag ban planned in São Paulo state / Opposition by plastics groups	18.05.2011
FOOD PACKAGING New EU Plastics Implementing Measure comes into effect on 1 May / Phased implementation of certain regulations concerning plastics that come into contact with food	29.04.2011
QUADRANT Food grade thermoplastics for stock-shape production	19.04.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Welsh Assembly Government urged to abandon single-use bag tax / Response to research showing heavier weight bags have higher carbon footprint	18.03.2011
PVC European Council of Ministers passes amendment restricting the use of cadmium in PVC	16.03.2011
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING European WEEE volumes not increasing / Different, market-led approach in US / EU parliament votes for tougher regulations	18.02.2011
GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS Anti-dumping duty on imports from China to be slashed to 13.8% / EuCIA to continue to work against “harmful” tariffs / Further review called for by EuPC president	28.01.2011
CAPROLACTAM China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from EU and US	26.01.2011
FOOD PACKAGING First EU-wide regulation for food-grade plastics / New rules focus on conformity and multilayered film	26.01.2011
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Canada moves to ban phthalates in toys / US designs assessment tool for hazardous chemicals	20.01.2011
PLASTICS CONVERTERS EuPC files complaint against Italy's bag ban	11.01.2011
ITALY Controversial ban on non-degradable plastic bags in force since 1 January / Producers face retooling	05.01.2011
COMPOSITES EU proposes watering down import duties on Chinese glass fibre / Industry associations welcome move but demand measures be completely slashed	03.01.2011
CHINA EU tightens controls on Chinese imports of plastics kitchenware / Permanent regulation to enter into force next year	02.12.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU bans PC baby bottles from 2011 / Health groups delighted, PlasticsEurope “disturbed”	29.11.2010
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT EU votes for revisions in RoHS / PlasticsEurope welcomes changes to hazardous substances directive	29.11.2010
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Introduction of charge for carrier bags in Wales delayed until October 2011 / Minimum level of 5 pence	11.11.2010
GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS Provisional anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports / Processors predict a bleak future / Manufacturers welcome “necessary measure”	22.09.2010
COMPOSITES EU imposes anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese glass fibre imports / Industry association fears market shake-up	02.09.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH German authority says new studies on BPA show no evidence of negative effects / Sweden prepares to ban the chemical	27.08.2010

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