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ITALY Ministry of Finance postpones plastics tax again	23.10.2023
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

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