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MILK BOTTLE RECYCLING
Another increase in UK recycling level / Kerbside collection the key to growth / More recycling facilities needed
 		22.11.2011
PVC RECYCLING
Recovinyl: UK recycling levels continue to rise / New targets to be set under “Vinyl Plus” initiative
 		08.11.2011
RECYCLING
US plastic bottle recycling rate up 5% in 2010 at 1.18m t / Higher recovery rates for PET, HDPE and PP resins
 		18.10.2011
BIOPLASTICS
Austrian recycler Ecoplast sceptical about bags made of degradable plastics / “Material cannot be recycled”
 		21.09.2011
PHILIPPINES
New programme to exchange plastic scraps for rice / Battling garbage and malnutrition at once
 		14.09.2011
CHINA
3.8m t of plastic scraps imported in H1 2011 / EU is largest source / Efforts to clean up plastics recycling increase
 		08.09.2011
ICELAND
Southwestern city of Reykjavík to introduce new bins to sort domestic garbage
 		30.08.2011
UK RECYCLING
Closed Loop to recycle plastic waste from London Tube / Joint initiative with Bywaters and GLA
 		15.08.2011
UK PACKAGING WASTE
Municipal waste stream contains 3% flexible packaging / 80% landfilled in 2010 / Increasing presence of laminates
 		11.08.2011
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
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
PET RECYCLING
SPI and NAPCOR announce grant for PET thermoform recycling programmes
 		20.07.2011
SOUTH AFRICA
Plastics recycling rate of 18% / Packaging, PE lead / Industry needs to be “more professional”
 		13.07.2011
UK RECYCLING
Government waste policy review receives lukewarm response from recycler ECO Plastics / Critical of recycling incentive schemes
 		23.06.2011
ESTONIA
Rexest opens first mixed plastics recycling plant / Flake converted into construction materials
 		16.06.2011
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