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HARD SURFACE FLOORING
US market predicted to show resurgence in demand up to 2015 / Vinyl flooring with below-average growth / Freedonia report
 		30.08.2011
ICELAND
Southwestern city of Reykjavík to introduce new bins to sort domestic garbage
 		30.08.2011
SMC/BMC
European production stood at 225,000 t in 2010 / Up 10% year-on-year / Growth expected to slow in 2011 / Latest figures by EuCIA
 		29.08.2011
GREEN PACKAGING
Global demand to reach USD 212 bn in 2015 / Asia Pacific region to see largest gains / Freedonia report
 		26.08.2011
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Follow-up: BPF calls proposed Irish packaging levy “inappropriate”
 		26.08.2011
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
LFT PP demand growing in most applications / Increasing role in automotive design / AMI report
 		25.08.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF to lift PBT force majeure in early September
 		24.08.2011
PLASTIC BAGS
Rome's legal push forces Brussels' hand / Italy is Europe's leading plastic bag consumer / Some 2.5m t of polyethylene were processed into bags and pouches in 2009 / 15,000 respond to EU bag ban survey
 		23.08.2011
VINYL ACETATE
EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from the US
 		19.08.2011
SWITZERLAND
Plastics industry sees across-the-board recovery in 2010 / Processing volume up 10% to 910,000 t / Pre-crisis levels nearly reached / Improved productivity / Swiss association forecasts stable business
 		18.08.2011
COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING
Survey: Many designers do not understand composites manufacturing / Weight reduction is the main target / Best performers achieve high level of parts consolidation
 		18.08.2011
CHINA
Follow-up: Thousands take to the streets in Dalian calling for PX plant to relocate / Rising environmental awareness / Local authorities impose ban on recycling activities / Dawn of the era of plastics-inspired glasnost?
 		17.08.2011
UK RECYCLING
Closed Loop to recycle plastic waste from London Tube / Joint initiative with Bywaters and GLA
 		15.08.2011
PACKAGING
“Retail-ready” demand to rise by 40% up to 2016 / Plastics share expected to see a “significant” upturn / Emerging countries will lead market growth / New study by Pira International
 		15.08.2011
NIGERIA
African OPEC member plans to use gas derived from oil production / New large-scale project inspired by the Saudi example
 		12.08.2011
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