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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Second Ellen MacArthur progress report / Accelerated efforts needed to meet 2025 goals / Call for action on recycling, reduction, international cooperation	20.11.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUR 3.4m grant to develop virgin-quality feedstock from plastics waste / Cooperation with Unilever for packaging design	27.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE Study says global brands undershooting plastics reduction goals / Coca-Cola and Unilever reiterate commitment to targets	06.10.2020
RECYCLING Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging	18.09.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO report criticises brand owners and retailers for failing to address waste crisis / Study cites lack of corporate leadership	14.07.2020
INEOS STYROLUTION Steve Harrington appointed CEO / Kevin McQuade to become chairman	26.06.2020
UK More plastics firms supply health workers fighting Covid-19	08.05.2020
MARINE LITTER Circulate Capital invests USD 6m in plastics recyclers in India and Indonesia	30.04.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Formation of European alliance for a "Green Recovery" after Covid-19 crisis	20.04.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO Tearfund links climate change with plastics pollution from major consumer brands / Study focused on six developing countries / Coca-Cola worst offender	09.04.2020
SABIC Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations	14.02.2020
VIRIDOR Unilever and Klöckner Pentaplast agree to purchase recycled plastics from UK facility	11.02.2020
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Cross-industry consortium to advance technology targeting hard-to-recycle PET waste / Alpla, Britvic, BP, Danone, Remondis and Unilever	02.01.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA “Recover” act to improve recycling infrastructure / Support along the entire national value chain	25.11.2019
PROCTER & GAMBLE Consumer goods group plans to save over 300,000 t of virgin plastics per year by 2030 / Up to 50% recyclate used in detergent bottles so far	01.11.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Early progress being made to eliminate problem packaging / Accelerated efforts needed to reach 2025 targets / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP progress report	31.10.2019
UNILEVER Commitment to halve virgin plastics use by 2025 / Pledge to help collect and process 600,000 t plastic packaging annually / CEO says need to rethink design	16.10.2019
USA Greenpeace accuses consumer good companies of false promises on plastics pollution / Call for investment in refill and reuse systems / SC Johnson quits Plastics Industry Association	11.10.2019
GLOBAL WASTE US is world's largest contributor / Plastics scrap import bans exacerbate problem / Verisk Maplecroft report	27.09.2019
USA New initiative launched by oil companies and environmentalists calls for carbon fee	18.09.2019
AMCOR Participation in Chinese e-commerce alliance / Development of PET beer bottle in Brazil	03.09.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK government commits to spending millions to combat disposable plastics / Support for bio-based polymers / Firms including Unilever sign up to challenge	26.07.2019
EVENTS Plastics Recyclers Europe's 2019 conference to take place in Brussels in November	12.07.2019
EVENTS Collaborations on recycled plastics, bio-based materials and technologies / Consumers and legislation causing companies to rethink old ideas / First "Plastic Free World" conference	05.07.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Paper on PE film recycling released by PRE / RecyClass recyclability tool being developed for mono- and multilayer plastic films	01.07.2019