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MARINE LITTER Plastics waste at EU coasts declining / Measures at various levels prove effective – report	19.02.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Back to the Plastic Future: Trump set to reverse Biden's SUP ban	12.02.2025
PFAS Lawsuit wants Chemours fined for discharges overshoot / Quo vadis EPA?	05.02.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING SWITZERLAND Collection scheme launched for plastic packaging, beverage cartons	03.02.2025
PFAS Investigation unveils eye-popping cost of cleaning forever chemicals' pollution in Europe / “Lobbyists conduct disinformation to water down EU proposal to ban PFAS”	30.01.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ‘Trump 2.0' will see major changes in climate legislation / ACC staffers return to EPA	29.01.2025
IKEA Top store operator Ingka continues recycling investments / Spending to total EUR 1 bn	28.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach	27.01.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY Tübingen sets precedent: Konstanz and Freiburg also levying tax on disposable packaging / McDonald's loses legal fight	27.01.2025
EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging	24.01.2025
EXXONMOBIL Lawsuit for defamation, damage to business: Petchem group strikes back against California attorney general	21.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Nine PFAS added to TRI list; draft evaluations of phthalates published / EPA prepares for presidential handover	17.01.2025
PLASTICS WASTE Thailand launches ban on plastics waste imports / Brazil amends solid waste policy to enact similar ban	16.01.2025
SWEDEN Deposit on PET, aluminium beverage packaging raised	16.01.2025
BISPHENOL-A EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months	13.01.2025
PLASTIC BAGS Croatia introduces fee for thin plastic bags	08.01.2025
PACKAGING EUROPE Council of the EU formally adopts PPWR / Regulation to be applied 18 months after date of entry into force	17.12.2024
US PET MARKET Circular market woefully lacking / Consultants draw roadmap for transformation by 2040	05.12.2024
UN PLASTICS TREATY No consensus after Busan talks / Petchem industry accused of ‘unsupportive' behaviour / Rising endorsement of production caps / Further session planned	04.12.2024
FOOTWEAR Aimplas develops 3D-printing material from scrap shoe leather	29.11.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE PPWR corrigendum officially approved by MEPs / Regulation expected to enter into force at start of 2025	28.11.2024
SWEDEN Industry praises cancellation of plastic bag tax / Move could bolster competitiveness against imports / Abolishment not expected to affect plastics waste management	26.11.2024
ENVALIOR Launch of high-performance composites, sustainable PBT compounds / Producer announces sustainability ambitions	26.11.2024
WASTE EXPORTS UK shipments to Turkey on the rise again / 60% increase between 2022 and 2023 – Greenpeace	20.11.2024
CHEMICAL RECYCLING UK government accepts use of mass balance to verify chemically recycled plastics for packaging tax / EU member states show support, EC mulls it over	12.11.2024

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