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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EMF says most firms to miss 2025 packaging targets / PCR use generally higher in 2021 / Virgin plastics consumption back to 2018 levels / Global progress report	16.11.2022
US PLASTICS RECYCLING Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”	27.10.2022
PLASTICS WASTE Lobbying group seeks role in global treaty talks / EMF, WWF take lead / Move follows UN push for worldwide waste regs	27.09.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION Seaholm to helm US lobbying group / Former position as head of recyclable bag division raises questions	29.04.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION President of US group exits after less than three years / No word on a successor	31.03.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS PepsiCo, Starbucks plan to move away from SUPs / PepsiCo Germany partners up with WWF	25.03.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global brands back call for UN plastics treaty / Clear business case for action, signatories say	01.02.2022
RECYCLING UK Plastics Pact annual report shows progress in plastic reduction / Wrap boss urges investors to “open their wallets” / Mono-material PE bags, PP films should be recycled more	03.01.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Virgin plastics use may have peaked for brands, retailers: EMF / Top consumer goods firms show more recycled content in packaging / Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report	29.11.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Coca-Cola, PepsiCo remain top plastics polluters / Break Free From Plastic brand audit report	16.11.2021
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