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PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN Spanish household recycling up 10.7% in 2014 / Improved sorting	15.10.2015
PET RECYCLING First Polymark results of PET marker technology / Coating-based approach / Next phase to focus on detection and sorting equipment	30.09.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Packaging industry drafts targets for new EU regulations / Product responsibility stressed	25.09.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH French constitutional court overturns export ban for packaging made with BPA / Legal challenge by PlasticsEurope / Restrictions on use in France remain in place	22.09.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Transformation of European circular economy could create 3m jobs by 2030 / Structural unemployment could fall by 520,000 / WRAP study first of its kind to list potential employment for each EU member state	18.09.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Polish plastics processors' association founds new working group to realise EU guideline / Calls for bag fee	08.09.2015
INOVYN Spanish authorities allege breach of electricity interruptibility deal at Martorell site / Demand back-payments / Decision could damage PVC hub's future viability	31.08.2015
KEM ONE EU Commission approves state aid package / “Appropriate response” to company's woes / Investment projects proceeding / Now Europe's second largest PVC producer	03.08.2015
PLASTICS AND RECYCLING EU Parliament plenary session approves circular economy resolution / Binding rules for waste disposal and recycling / Bioplastics producers welcome package design proposal	17.07.2015
SIRAP-GEMA Italian packaging producer calls EU Commission's fine "disproportionate" / Mulling legal action	16.07.2015
VYNOVA Follow-up: New name for remedy business spun off by Solvay and Ineos unveiled / Europe's third-largest PVC producer	09.07.2015
SILVER PLASTICS German packaging producer fights EU cartel fine / Sharp criticism of European Commission's judicial proceedings / Whistle-blower Linpac accused of delivering “substantially untrue” testimony	08.07.2015
RAW MATERIAL ALLIANCE Germany's GKV industry association says plastic processors can apply for specific tariff quotas / Cooperation among European associations / Long-term application process	07.07.2015
APPE Plastipak completes takeover as EU approves / Rebranding as Plastipak Packaging	07.07.2015
ASSOCIATIONS Tom Debusschere elected new president of EPPA / Pan-European PVC lobbying group	06.07.2015
INOVYN Chlorovinyls joint venture finally receives EC approval / Business starts up on 1 July / BASF sells 25% stake in SolVin to partner Solvay	03.07.2015
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY Germany's Federal Cartel Office imposes EUR 75m fine on five acoustic insulation producers for alleged price fixing	30.06.2015
PACKAGING MARKET Follow-up: Silver Plastics plans legal steps against EU cartel fine / Groupe Guillin and Huhtamaki also weighing appeals	26.06.2015
PACKAGING MARKET European Commission fines group of eight plastic tray producers and two distributors EUR 116m for anticompetitive behaviour / Cartels spanned 16 countries / Accused referred to themselves as “Mafia”	25.06.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE Annual meeting highlights circular economy / Study shows recycling can cut emissions / Investment in extra facilities needed to reach 2025 target	25.06.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Circular Economy Resolution passes European Parliament's Environment Committee / PlasticsEurope welcomes landfill restriction plans but questions eco-design proposals / “Recycling difficult”	22.06.2015
AMUT Collaboration with Italian university for research projects / Focus on developing eco-friendly polymers	19.06.2015
INEOS / SOLVAY European Commission clears creation of Inovyn / Governance of chlorvinyls joint venture to be shared	10.06.2015
IDENTIPLAST Discussion on the role of plastics in a circular economy / End of life of plastic goods key to sustainable development / Dialogue on regulation is a prime duty / International conference in Rome	22.05.2015
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Restriction of lightweight bags passes European Parliament / Charges from end of 2018 / Commission expects cost savings of EUR 740m per year / EuPC “disappointed”	04.05.2015