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BEVERAGE PACKAGING Coca-Cola sells core brands in 100% recycled PET bottles / Replacement of almost 30,000 t virgin material in 2021 / Competitor PepsiCo also steps up its game	28.09.2021
BOTTLE RECYCLING USA PET recycler Evergreen to double operations by mid-2022	24.08.2021
PACKAGING Leading brands, retailers to help create schemes to collect, recycle / Ellen MacArthur report puts annual cost of programmes at USD 30 bn	23.07.2021
PCEP Polyolefins recycling organisation expands steering board / New members include PepsiCo manager	16.07.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PR department shakeup in the US: spokesman Thomas, trade fair manager Krys depart	08.07.2021
CARBIOS Food-grade bottles made of plastics reclaimed with enzymes said to be world first / Major consumer brands participate in project	28.06.2021
RECYCLING UK Industry body backs GBP 1m programme to reclaim flexible plastics packaging	07.06.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Shareholder votes force changes at energy and plastics majors / As You Sow and a fledgling environmentalist hedge fund provide a leg up / Court in The Hague orders Shell to reduce greenhouse gas emissions	01.06.2021
PLASTICS WASTE Study says 20 plastics producers make more than half of all SUP material / US industry group assails report's bias / Both parties call for circular economy	01.06.2021
WALMART World's largest retailer to cut virgin plastic in packaging by 2025 / Company yields to push by environmental group	28.05.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING OCEANIA Launch of “Anzpac” pact to tackle plastics waste / Four targets by 2025 / Part of Ellen MacArthur Foundation's global “Plastics Pact”	25.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT PepsiCo and Mondelez agree to cut use of virgin plastics for packaging / As You Sow withdraws shareholder proposals filed with US giants	16.03.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT As You Sow files shareholder proposals with 10 consumer goods giants to reduce plastics use / Call for sustained commitments / Urgent new findings from EMF report	25.02.2021
COCA-COLA Drinks giant increases disposable bottles' recycled PET in German market / Environmental action group terms throw-away bottles "show products"	20.11.2020
PEPSICO Beverage producer to switch its entire bottle range to PET recyclate in Germany / Substitution of 15,000 t of primary plastic	03.11.2020
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE Progress in 2020 / 14 projects worldwirde underway with plans to double in 12 months / Goal for zero plastics waste in more than 100 at-risk cities	11.09.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO report criticises brand owners and retailers for failing to address waste crisis / Study cites lack of corporate leadership	14.07.2020
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION US chemicals group Dow drops its membership	02.07.2020
MARINE LITTER Circulate Capital invests USD 6m in plastics recyclers in India and Indonesia	30.04.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO Tearfund links climate change with plastics pollution from major consumer brands / Study focused on six developing countries / Coca-Cola worst offender	09.04.2020
USA California group sues 10 companies including Coca-Cola, Danone, PepsiCo and Nestlé over plastics pollution	12.03.2020
USA Management changes underway for Plastics Industry Association / Plastic bag alliance renamed	24.02.2020
USA General Motors latest company to quit Plastics Industry Association / Pressure from Greenpeace and other NGOs	14.11.2019
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
USA New initiative launched by oil companies and environmentalists calls for carbon fee	18.09.2019