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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
UK PACKAGING WASTE
Municipal waste stream contains 3% flexible packaging / 80% landfilled in 2010 / Increasing presence of laminates
 		11.08.2011
FUJIA DAHUA PETROCHEMICAL
Tropical storm raises fear of possible chemical breach at large-scale paraxylene plant in China / Authorities reportedly back in control of surrounding dikes
 		09.08.2011
BOTTLE RECYCLING
Plastics recycler ECO Plastics complains that quality of plastic waste in the UK has deteriorated / Financial loss for local authorities
 		09.08.2011
GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS
European Commission launches investigation into Chinese woven and stitched glass fibre fabric imports
 		03.08.2011
PVC MARKET
Americas demand to grow 0.3% per year to 2020 / Consumption of 6.1m t in 2010 / GBI Research report
 		02.08.2011
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Public consultation on levy for single-use bags in Northern Ireland / Charge to be introduced by April 2013
 		28.07.2011
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Business boom continues in H1 2011 / Companies increase staff, capital spending / Few anticipate major problems with nuclear power phase-out / Economic cooling looks likely
 		27.07.2011
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