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RUSSIA
PE demand to rise by 8.6% per year to 2015 / Polyolefin needs driven by packaging sector
 		14.12.2010
BOTTLE RECYCLING
UK rates rise by 7% year-on-year / Over 263,000 t collected annually / More local authorities introduce kerbside plastic collection services / Recoup survey
 		07.12.2010
JAPAN
Industry in uproar over proposal to tax naphtha
 		29.11.2010
TURKEY
Plastics sector growing at 15% a year / 670,000 t of plastics produced in 2009 / Packaging is leading application / Highly dependent on exports to meet raw material demand
 		10.11.2010
INDIA
Plastics industry growing at 15% a year / Country poised to become world's third largest polymer consumer by 2012
 		29.10.2010
PET
US bottle and jar recycling volume rises to 28% in 2009 / Packaging leads the list / Solutions for thermoforms studied / NAPCOR says poor supply will push recyclate prices higher
 		26.10.2010
MALAYSIA
Polymer production volume of 1.8m t in 2009 / Processing sector dominated by family-run SMEs / Most activity in industrial parks / Business gradually returning to pre-2008 levels / Roadmap for the future
 		18.10.2010
BOTTLE RECYCLING
UK recycles almost three out of every four HDPE milk bottles / Growth in kerbside collections
 		13.10.2010
COMPOSITES
UK centre of excellence set for start in 2011 / Industrial-scale manufacturing facilities
 		16.09.2010
US MEDICAL PLASTICS
Market to grow at 5% annually to 2015, reaching 2m t/y / TPEs expected to show largest increases
 		10.09.2010
RECYCLING
RECOUP UK now recycles 45% of plastic bottles / Year-on-year increase of 6% / Kerbside collections of over 215,000 t
 		08.09.2010
TAIWAN
Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported
 		27.08.2010
INDIA
Polymer production expected to reach 12m t/y in 2015 / Demand driven by growing needs for household and consumer goods / Highly fragmented industry dominated by SMEs / Raw polymer materials are main export good
 		17.08.2010
SWITZERLAND
Industry faced difficult year 2009 / Plastics consumption stands at around 800,000 t / Optimistic outlook
 		30.07.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Growing confidence in recovery / Workforce is expanding / British Plastics Federation survey
 		19.07.2010
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