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UK RECYCLING Massive amount of waste plastic packaging not being collected / “Opportunity to bridge gap” – Recoup report	14.12.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY “The plastics industry faces a decisive year in 2023”: Comment by Ingemar Bühler of Plastics Europe Deutschland	12.12.2022
PLASTICS WASTE MEPs adopt report on new waste shipment regulation / European trade group calls for further amendments	09.12.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA Congress introduces Protecting Communities from Plastics Act / Opposition and counter proposal from trade associations	08.12.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact	08.12.2022
PACKAGING Proposed EU quotas on reusable plastics are incomprehensible, says Germany's IK / Reusable quotas for beverages not ambitious enough, says NGO	07.12.2022
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING WEEE shipment rules: European trade bodies seek simplification in Basel Convention amendments	06.12.2022
PACKAGING EU draft law sets targets for reuse, recycling / Goal is to cut packaging waste / Chemical recycling to count towards reclaim quotas / Trade groups raise concerns	05.12.2022
TITANIUM DIOXIDE EU general court overturns ECHA's classification as a carcinogen / Industry groups welcome decision / Market weakness	29.11.2022
PACKAGING Trade associations criticise EU packaging waste proposal / Targets said to lack scientific support / Call for guidelines based on ecological impacts	22.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGOs raise concerns on EU's revision to waste legislation / Circularity rate of 8.6% “dangerous for Europe's future”	21.11.2022
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE Net-zero plans not enough to keep global warming at 1.5C / Faster decarbonisation action, focus on cutting consumption priority – ZWE report	18.11.2022
E&E RECYCLING New protocols on recovery, reuse, ecodesign for E&E components / Multinational C-Servees project	18.11.2022
EDITORIAL Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?	17.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EMF says most firms to miss 2025 packaging targets / PCR use generally higher in 2021 / Virgin plastics consumption back to 2018 levels / Global progress report	16.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE	16.11.2022
ELIPSO Bouquet named general secretary of French plastics packaging association	16.11.2022
CONSUMER GOODS BPF highlights 15 products and initiatives that promote recycling and sustainability	15.11.2022
BIOPLASTICS Study casts doubt over home-compostable plastics packaging / Researchers question “effective or environmentally beneficial” waste processing method	11.11.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs	11.11.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY Business outlook worst on record – survey / Over 20% of plastics and rubber firms expect production cuts / Experts forecast recession in 2023	10.11.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UK: Recoup first 'supporter' of BPF's Ocean Clean Sweep scheme / Over 140 members sign up against pellet loss	09.11.2022
GERMAN PACKAGING Covid-led consumption falls slightly in 2020 / More waste in households, decline in trade and industry	09.11.2022
PET RECYCLING ITALY Coripet expands plastic bottle reclaim initiative / Italy to approach targets set by SUP directive / 860 reverse-vending machines installed	08.11.2022
UK RECYCLING Recoup calls for more plastic packaging reclaim capacity / BPF says most such waste exported	07.11.2022

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