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RECYCLING
UK plastics recycling exceeds 500,000 t / BPF survey
 		01.02.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Business weakens more than expected in the second half of 2012 / Export trade deteriorates / Capital spending and employment still on a high level / Industry's expectations now higher
 		23.01.2013
US RECYCLED PLASTICS
Demand to reach 1.54m t in 2016 / Bottles remain largest source for recycling / PET and HDPE are leading resins / LDPE forecast to see highest growth
 		12.12.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING RECYCLING
Recycling targets exceeded across Europe in 2011 / Increases in energy recovery levels and a fall in landfill disposal / EPRO study
 		15.11.2012
BOTTLE RECYCLING
UK bottle recycling rate reaches 52% in 2011 / Significant increase in recycling of other rigid plastic packaging / Infrastructure change needed to increase levels further
 		30.10.2012
BOTTLE RECYCLING
Record 1.2m t of plastic bottles recycled in US last year / HDPE and PET dominate the pictures / Scrap exports abroad down year-on-year / Latest industry report
 		29.10.2012
FILM RECYCLING UK
BPI: Combat export restrictions by increasing product recycled content / Focus on domestic market / "Recycling not going fantastically well"
 		18.10.2012
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Industry association EUPR lauds EU environment commissioner's support / “Too much plastics to energy recovery”
 		17.10.2012
PLASTICS RECYCLING
PAFA: Far East controls threaten plastic waste exports from Europe / UK recycling targets will become unrealistic / Recycling companies in China form new Scrap Plastics Association
 		11.10.2012
UK RECYCLING
Plastic recycling targets need coordinated approach, say Recoup / New strategies, initiatives required
 		24.09.2012
EU WASTE MANAGEMENT
EC report indicates massive differences in application of waste directive across Europe / PlasticsEurope welcomes findings of study and says that “zero plastics to landfill by 2020” is achievable with right policies
 		21.08.2012
AGRICULTURAL FILMS
PAFA reports promising results from recycling trial / EU-funded project to clean agricultural PE film
 		16.08.2012
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Plastics industry holds its own in H1 2012 market turbulence / Expectations of slackening business going forward / Raw materials and euro crisis continue to bite
 		14.08.2012
SOUTH AFRICA
1.4 bn PET bottles recycled in 2011 / Most regrind activity in Gauteng province / Local bottle-to-fibre market saturated
 		27.07.2012
ESTONIA
Nelitäht opens Baltic state's first soiled plastic recycling facility / EUR 1m investment
 		28.06.2012
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