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PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
EuPC's third survey on recyclate usage by European processors / Available in seven languages
11.09.2019
ALDI
Cotton swabs made of plastic to be replaced in Germany / Plastic packaging in UK to be reduced / Cooperation with Plastic Bank in the Philippines
05.09.2019
MICROPLASTICS
Presence in run-off could threaten drinking water / Cautious WHO report says more data needed / Monomers leached into environment during polymerisation not primary concern
29.08.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
US study shows bisphenol A substitutes in urine correlate with obesity
27.08.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
UN establishes global plastics waste prevention group / Marine litter reduction the goal
22.08.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Collaboration in Vietnam to boost recycling efforts / Japan's Suntory sets targets for more sustainable PET packaging
19.08.2019
ITALY
Resorts ban single-use items / Rome metro trials bottle recycling system
16.08.2019
MICROPLASTICS
Aimplas project to probe wastewater treatment technology in Valencia / Standardised methodology is needed
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
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
UK supermarket Iceland relaunches plastic-free packaging trials / First attempt resulted in food waste
31.07.2019
USA
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo leave Plastics Industry Association following pressure from Greenpeace
25.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
ECHA adds four new substances to SVHC list / Two labelled as endocrine disruptors
22.07.2019
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
RECYCLING UK
Deposit return system for plastic bottles could slash waste seeping into marine environment / Common Seas report
05.07.2019
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
FUJITSU
IT group phases out plastic cups, straws and bottles across its businesses
25.06.2019
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
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
International research project on microplastics in the ocean / “Micro-FATE” starts with expedition in the Pacific
18.06.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Canadian government proposes SUP ban from 2021 / Based on European model
13.06.2019
HP
Investment in plastics washing line in Haiti to tackle marine litter / Recycled waste used in ink cartridges
11.06.2019
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
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