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Industry Environment / Health

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Microplastics found in European snow / Studies in France and US find particles in remote areas / German organisation mulls ban on artificial turf	12.09.2019
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS German environment ministry considers ban / Plastic packaging industry association sharply criticises “symbolic policy”	11.09.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC's third survey on recyclate usage by European processors / Available in seven languages	11.09.2019
ALDI Cotton swabs made of plastic to be replaced in Germany / Plastic packaging in UK to be reduced / Cooperation with Plastic Bank in the Philippines	05.09.2019
MICROPLASTICS Presence in run-off could threaten drinking water / Cautious WHO report says more data needed / Monomers leached into environment during polymerisation not primary concern	29.08.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH US study shows bisphenol A substitutes in urine correlate with obesity	27.08.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UN establishes global plastics waste prevention group / Marine litter reduction the goal	22.08.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Collaboration in Vietnam to boost recycling efforts / Japan's Suntory sets targets for more sustainable PET packaging	19.08.2019
ITALY Resorts ban single-use items / Rome metro trials bottle recycling system	16.08.2019
MICROPLASTICS Aimplas project to probe wastewater treatment technology in Valencia / Standardised methodology is needed	16.08.2019
CHINA Shanghai's waste separation law in effect / Demand for plastic bins climbs / Hainan island bans single-use plastics	07.08.2019
SWITZERLAND More than 5,000 t of plastics enter the environment each year / Discharges into the soil are 40 times greater than those into freshwater / Lake Geneva heavily contaminated with macroplastics	31.07.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK supermarket Iceland relaunches plastic-free packaging trials / First attempt resulted in food waste	31.07.2019
USA Coca-Cola and PepsiCo leave Plastics Industry Association following pressure from Greenpeace	25.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA adds four new substances to SVHC list / Two labelled as endocrine disruptors	22.07.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU general court dismisses PlasticsEurope's BPA challenge / Listing as a SVHC and endocrine disruptor under REACH stands	18.07.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY Environmental group accuses Henkel of consumer fraud / Definitions of post-industrial and post-consumer recyclate disputed	17.07.2019
RECYCLING UK Deposit return system for plastic bottles could slash waste seeping into marine environment / Common Seas report	05.07.2019
REACH ECHA seeks to improve compliance / Cefic launches action plan to help members update dossiers / Industry says NGO criticism is “not helpful”	02.07.2019
FUJITSU IT group phases out plastic cups, straws and bottles across its businesses	25.06.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Switzerland bans bisphenol A and bisphenol S in thermal paper / EU to follow in 2020	24.06.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Several African countries ban single-use plastics to fight pollution / Many plastic carrier bag bans already in effect	20.06.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Ingestion of microplastics widespread / Drinking a lot of bottled water increases particle consumption / Canadian study sees health concerns	19.06.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT International research project on microplastics in the ocean / “Micro-FATE” starts with expedition in the Pacific	18.06.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Canadian government proposes SUP ban from 2021 / Based on European model	13.06.2019

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