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CHEMICAL RECYCLING Total, Mars and Nestlé test Recycling Technologies' pyrolysis process / Citeo project in France	17.12.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Early progress being made to eliminate problem packaging / Accelerated efforts needed to reach 2025 targets / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP progress report	31.10.2019
USA Greenpeace accuses consumer good companies of false promises on plastics pollution / Call for investment in refill and reuse systems / SC Johnson quits Plastics Industry Association	11.10.2019
EVENTS Plastics Recyclers Europe's 2019 conference to take place in Brussels in November	12.07.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Launch of global waste alliance "Prevent" / "Waste is a raw material and not garbage"	21.05.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING AFRICA Major consumer goods companies form new alliance / Aim to accelerate development of waste management in Sub-Saharan region	11.04.2019
VEOLIA Construction of PET recycling plant in Norway to process 80% of domestic volume	04.04.2019
VEOLIA Deposit machine for drink containers set up in London / Collaboration with UK restaurant chain Leon	28.03.2019
VEOLIA Partnership with Nestlé to develop recycling schemes in and outside of Europe / Emphasis on flexible plastic packaging	26.03.2019
MILLIKEN Additives to be supplied to PureCycle's rPP plant in US / Collaboration includes P&G's technology and Nestlé's packaging	25.03.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Coca-Cola and other major brands disclose plastic packaging production figures / Businesses across value chain commit to reducing plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP report	20.03.2019
FRANCE National pact on plastic packaging / Government, NGOs and retailers commit to ambitious recycling targets	13.03.2019
NESTLE Food giant to phase out plastic packaging from leading brands / Partnership with US biopolymers producer for water bottles / Marine litter project in Indonesia	21.01.2019
NESTLE Swiss R&D centre to develop environmentally friendly packaging / Deal with CarbonLite will expand use of rPET in US / Pledge of 50% plastic recyclate content by 2025	18.12.2018
LOOP INDUSTRIES Multi-year rPET supply agreements with Coca-Cola and PepsiCo / Chemical recycler's net loss widens in H1 2018	06.12.2018
MARINE LITTER Greenpeace's global plastics pollution audit identifies top brands / Coca-Cola world's worst offender / PS and PET most common plastic waste	12.11.2018
MARINE LITTER G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments	13.06.2018
NESTLE Food and beverage company aims to have 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025	18.04.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Oxo-biodegradable lobby responds to EMF's critical report / Packaging firms "care more about profits than the environment"	22.11.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Ellen MacArthur Foundation calls for oxo-degradable plastic packaging ban / Contribution to microplastic pollution	13.11.2017
PLASTIC TECHNOLOGIES Thierry Fabozzi named president	29.08.2017
COFFEE CAPSULES Recyclability depends on successful sorting / Product design is essential	17.05.2017
KHOSHFORM Iranian PET preforms manufacturer invests in Italian machinery / Rising domestic and regional demand	10.11.2016
PACKAGING RECYCLING UK "Reflex Project" advances flexible plastic recycling options / Guidelines established for packaging designers, retailers and converters	02.11.2016
EVENTS “Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November	10.10.2016