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PFAS Lawsuit wants Chemours fined for discharges overshoot / Quo vadis EPA?	05.02.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING SWITZERLAND Collection scheme launched for plastic packaging, beverage cartons	03.02.2025
PFAS Investigation unveils eye-popping cost of cleaning forever chemicals' pollution in Europe / “Lobbyists conduct disinformation to water down EU proposal to ban PFAS”	30.01.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ‘Trump 2.0' will see major changes in climate legislation / ACC staffers return to EPA	29.01.2025
IKEA Top store operator Ingka continues recycling investments / Spending to total EUR 1 bn	28.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach	27.01.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY Tübingen sets precedent: Konstanz and Freiburg also levying tax on disposable packaging / McDonald's loses legal fight	27.01.2025
EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging	24.01.2025
EXXONMOBIL Lawsuit for defamation, damage to business: Petchem group strikes back against California attorney general	21.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Nine PFAS added to TRI list; draft evaluations of phthalates published / EPA prepares for presidential handover	17.01.2025
PLASTICS WASTE Thailand launches ban on plastics waste imports / Brazil amends solid waste policy to enact similar ban	16.01.2025
SWEDEN Deposit on PET, aluminium beverage packaging raised	16.01.2025
BISPHENOL-A EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months	13.01.2025
PLASTIC BAGS Croatia introduces fee for thin plastic bags	08.01.2025
PACKAGING EUROPE Council of the EU formally adopts PPWR / Regulation to be applied 18 months after date of entry into force	17.12.2024
US PET MARKET Circular market woefully lacking / Consultants draw roadmap for transformation by 2040	05.12.2024
UN PLASTICS TREATY No consensus after Busan talks / Petchem industry accused of ‘unsupportive' behaviour / Rising endorsement of production caps / Further session planned	04.12.2024
FOOTWEAR Aimplas develops 3D-printing material from scrap shoe leather	29.11.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE PPWR corrigendum officially approved by MEPs / Regulation expected to enter into force at start of 2025	28.11.2024
SWEDEN Industry praises cancellation of plastic bag tax / Move could bolster competitiveness against imports / Abolishment not expected to affect plastics waste management	26.11.2024
ENVALIOR Launch of high-performance composites, sustainable PBT compounds / Producer announces sustainability ambitions	26.11.2024
WASTE EXPORTS UK shipments to Turkey on the rise again / 60% increase between 2022 and 2023 – Greenpeace	20.11.2024
CHEMICAL RECYCLING UK government accepts use of mass balance to verify chemically recycled plastics for packaging tax / EU member states show support, EC mulls it over	12.11.2024
ECHA SVHC list extended to include flame retardant triphenyl phosphate	12.11.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY German federal environment agency considers special levy on dairy-product packaging / Decision receives harsh criticism from associations	11.11.2024

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