G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments

Benefits for a circular economy / World Packaging Organisation position paper

“Material is not the issue” / UNEP publishes report on tackling single-use plastic waste / European Commission and PlasticsEurope add their voices on “World Environment Day”

PRE offers online platform to support packaging recycling

Deadline to register chemicals on 31 May 2018 / 80,000 registrations already received

Label for products made of post-consumer recyclate

European Commission publishes regulations on disposable plastic products / Collection rate for bottles set / Sharp criticism from PlasticsEurope and EuPC

"Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2018": Six plastics producers awarded / Vynova gets special prize for polymer quality / Ceremony at EuPC conference in Milan

Government planning restrictions on US imports of PVC / As early as this June

Renato Zelcher new president of plastics converters' association / Circular economy is central theme at annual meeting

Commission draft contains far-reaching bans on single-use plastic products

Bruce Margetts elected as president and Martin Althorpe as VP / Company membership rising / Increasing UK media coverage

EU council passes legislative package / Landfilling to be phased out by 2030 / BPF releases vision document

Carlos Lizandara is next president of Spanish plastics industry organisation

Ban on disposable plastic tableware from 2020? / PS packaging targeted / Iberostar hotels eliminating single-use items