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PACKAGING AND SUSTAINABILITY Brand owners lead the way in renewable packaging / Giants McDonalds and Amazon have a long way to go / Smaller firms offer innovative alternative solutions	10.03.2021
MATTRESS INDUSTRY The Netherlands leads the way in Europe for mattress recycling / Rapid progress in chemical recycling projects / Europur report	27.01.2021
SUPPLY CHAINS Digitalisation investments can help protect against disruptions in the suplly chains / PwC survey	09.06.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Formation of European alliance for a "Green Recovery" after Covid-19 crisis	20.04.2020
NESTE / LYONDELLBASELL First parallel production of bio-based LDPE and PP / Food packaging eyed	26.06.2019
EVENTS "Plastic Free World" conference to take place in Frankfurt in late June	04.06.2019
EU PLASTICS STRATEGY European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics by 2021 / EU "paving the way for the rest of the world" / EuPC and PlasticsEurope criticise outcome	28.03.2019
IKEA Parent company of furniture giant invests in plastics recycling plant in Amsterdam / Facility to use Umincorp's magnetic technology	14.01.2019
UPDATE - COFEL Mattress manufacturer closes former Recticel plant in France / Shareholder Steinhoff International under heavy pressure	20.12.2018
CLARIANT / NESTE Pact for sustainable polyolefin materials produced from renewable hydrocarbons	09.11.2018
CHINAPLAS 2019 Focus on circular economy / First "Plastics Recycling, Recovery & Sustainability Conference" to be held in Guangzhou / More visitors expected from "New Silk Road" / China's recycling chain set for upgrades	08.11.2018
GLOBAL WASTE MANAGEMENT Alarming levels of waste generation / Plastics accumulation noted by World Bank report / G7 meeting in Canada highlights marine litter	17.10.2018
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY Waste feedstocks, product performance and digital tools offer opportunities for successful commercialisation of "green" materials / Lux Research report	12.09.2018
NESTE Finnish oil company seeks partners to develop waste plastics as feedstock	01.08.2018
IKEA / NESTE Polyolefins from bio-naphtha / Commercial-scale pilot plant to start-up in autumn	10.07.2018
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Ikea sets 2020 target to remove disposable plastics in restaurants / Switzerland makes no move to follow EU's proposal for single-use products / Plastic straws essential for some people	14.06.2018
NESTE New plant for renewable propane starts / Refinery sidestream gas as feedstock	26.03.2018
MATTRESS INDUSTRY China accounts for one-third of global production / Growth in Chinese consumption to slow / Global demand outpacing other furniture markets / Flexible PU foam most used material / CSIL reports	31.01.2018
MORSSINKHOF RYMOPLAST Investment in Dutch plastics recycling plant / Post-consumer PP and HDPE waste	18.01.2018
IKEA Furniture company launches mattress recycling programme in North America / Addition to “People and Planet Positive Sustainability” strategy of 2020	09.11.2017
FATRA Czech plastics processor modernises plastic films production / New injection moulding machines for Ikea products	25.08.2017
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Fashion statement or understatement – it's in the bag	19.05.2017
IKEA Swedish furniture giant invests in Dutch recycling company Morssinkhof Rymoplast / Part of commitment to sustainable materials	14.02.2017
KETER PLASTIC EUR 400m purchase of plastic storage systems provider ABM Italia / Important Ikea supplier	09.12.2016
EVENTS “Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November	10.10.2016