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BIOPLASTICS
Malaysia's first bioplastics pilot plant opened / Cost advantages of palm oil feedstock highlighted / Joint venture for PBS bioplastic plant in Thailand
 		15.07.2011
PET RECYCLING
Europe collected 1.45m t of PET in 2010 / 6.5% year-on-year increase / Recycle plants only utilise 80% of current capacity
 		14.07.2011
SOUTH AFRICA
Plastics recycling rate of 18% / Packaging, PE lead / Industry needs to be “more professional”
 		13.07.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
North American shale gas deposits shift the feedstock balance / Second cheapest route to ethylene / Asian naphtha base too costly? / Large gas deposits in France and Poland / Public sentiment sours on fracking
 		11.07.2011
ASSOCIATIONS
Leading US and Canadian plastics groups join hands / Establish North American Plastics Alliance
 		08.07.2011
ASSOCIATIONS
ESWA warns of rising raw material costs / Cautions that sector's competitiveness is at serious risk
 		08.07.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Recycling rates continue to rise in EU / German-speaking Europe boasts highest recycling volumes / Still room to grow / Europen report
 		07.07.2011
GERMAN ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Electrical industry sets export record
 		01.07.2011
BIOPLASTICS
Waste management strategies for renewables / New US and EU reports identify problems, make suggestions / Product redesign and life-cycle analysis should be considered, experts say
 		30.06.2011
PVC RECYCLING
European industry aims for “quantum leap” in sustainability / New targets up to 2020
 		29.06.2011
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
European Union tightens its controls on imports of plastics kitchenware from China and Hong Kong / Move aimed at preventing critical leaches of PAA and formaldehyde
 		29.06.2011
GERMAN PLASTIC CONVERTERS
Sales slightly above pre-crisis levels during first four months of 2011 / Growth rates flatten / Pressured by higher costs
 		28.06.2011
UK PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Processing sector ripe for consolidation / Opportunities for cash-rich companies
 		27.06.2011
GHANA
US private equity fund Aureos invests more than USD 5m in Accra-based Bio-Plastics / Money to go towards pioneering biodegradable plastics manufacture
 		24.06.2011
ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery exports increasing at rapid pace / China overtakes France as second largest market / Assocomaplast announces new committee members
 		23.06.2011
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