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RECYCLING
UK report calls for plastic bottle waste going to landfill to be eliminated by 2030 / Coordinated action needed by drinks industry, government and consumers
02.10.2018
PEPSICO
Collaboration with Recycling Partnership to boost household collection in US / Step to reverse declining recycling rates for common plastics
28.09.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Japan races to catch up on tackling marine litter / Subsidies for biodegradables producers / New Zealand to phase out plastic carrier bags
26.09.2018
GLOBAL PLASTICS RECYCLING
Chinese waste policies helping "transform" disposable plastics / Europe a leader for recycling initiatives / Citi GPS report
24.09.2018
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Films producer pledges to move towards sustainable materials by 2028
24.09.2018
MARINE LITTER
"World Cleanup Day" to tweak awareness / Ocean Cleanup vessel launched to collect waste in Pacific garbage patch
14.09.2018
RESEARCH
Finnish project to develop small, mobile factory to remove marine plastic waste / VTT unit to contain plastic-eating microbes / Plan for pilot unit in Baltic Sea in 2021
14.09.2018
OCEAN POLYMERS
Non-binding MoU with Saudi partner / Land and marine based recycling solutions
13.09.2018
INDONESIA
Local trade groups form an alliance to push up recycling rates across the country / Southeast Asian nation is one of the largest producers of plastic waste / Mass cleanup
11.09.2018
RESEARCH
Quantifying a biopolymer's degradation in soil / Microbes convert PBAT into biomass and carbon dioxide / Implications for agricultural films
29.08.2018
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Packaging value chain pleads for amendments on EU proposal / Statement from 68 European associations
28.08.2018
MARINE LITTER
Pacific garbage patch on alert / Ocean Cleanup to launch floating collection system in September / Estimates of 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in gyre
27.08.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Should Basel Convention cover plastics waste? / Norway seeks amendment
20.08.2018
FRANCE
Plans for virgin plastic packaging to become more expensive / Higher landfill taxation / Environment ministry calls for radical restructuring of French economy / Marine litter mission
17.08.2018
ACTEGA
Child-friendly TPE compounds / EU's BPA migration amendment takes hold in November
17.08.2018
MARINE LITTER
EU and China sign partnership on oceans / Ellen MacArthur Foundation sees potential of circular economy for plastics
24.07.2018
CHINA
Fiscal leverage to support environmental policy / National waste fees and recycling rates for 2020
20.07.2018
MARINE LITTER
Record quantities of microplastics in Mediterranean Sea / WWF reports massive increase in marine litter through summer tourism / German and Swiss waters also have serious waste problems
19.07.2018
STARBUCKS
Coffee company implements takeaway cup charge across the UK / Plans to eliminate single-use plastic straws worldwide by 2020
13.07.2018
PET RECYCLING EUROPE
Coca-Cola joins “Demeto” project for chemical recycling
03.07.2018
VOLVO
Plans to use 25% recycled plastics in new cars from 2025
25.06.2018
GREECE
Shopping bag usage at supermarkets falls 76% on bag charge / Sikinos first Greek island to ban plastic straws
25.06.2018
INDIA
Ban on single-use plastics from 2022 / “CleanSeas” campaign and clean up of historic monuments / Reports spotlight waste management successes and setbacks
15.06.2018
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Ikea sets 2020 target to remove disposable plastics in restaurants / Switzerland makes no move to follow EU's proposal for single-use products / Plastic straws essential for some people
14.06.2018
MARINE LITTER
G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments
13.06.2018
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