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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
USA Coca-Cola and PepsiCo leave Plastics Industry Association following pressure from Greenpeace	25.07.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Alliance to End Plastic Waste adds 12 new members / Sinopec first Chinese supporter	24.07.2019
COVESTRO Sucheta Govil new CCO / Management board now complete	07.06.2019
CARBIOS / L'ORÉAL PepsiCo, Suntory and Nestlé join recycling consortium / Technology scale-up to produce rPET bottles	10.05.2019
MARINE LITTER Circulate Capital issues guide to aid investors in fighting plastics pollution / Focus on South and Southeast Asia / Investment opportunities in waste management and recycling	30.04.2019
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
INTERVIEW Loop Industries' chief growth officer Nelson Switzer / Partnerships with major global brands, rPET from chemical recycling and building up facilities	22.02.2019
PACKAGING RECYCLING TerraCycle establishes global alliance to promote reusable and recyclable packaging / Over 20 major companies join Loop / Circular shopping platform	28.01.2019
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 Industry giants to contribute USD 90m to preventing ocean plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur announces global commitment for packaging / "Our Ocean" 2018 conference in Bali	02.11.2018
DANIMER SCIENTIFIC US biotechnology company buys another fermentation plant / Expansion of PHA production	15.10.2018
PEPSICO Collaboration with Recycling Partnership to boost household collection in US / Step to reverse declining recycling rates for common plastics	28.09.2018
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY Waste feedstocks, product performance and digital tools offer opportunities for successful commercialisation of "green" materials / Lux Research report	12.09.2018
L'ORÉAL Partnership with chemical recycler Loop Industries / Incorporation of rPET into packaging	08.08.2018
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
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF	04.05.2018
BIOPLASTICS Global production forecast to grow by 20% to 2022 / Transition to circular economy drives demand / Brand owners increasing usage of bio-based materials / Study by EUBP and nova-Institut	21.02.2018
SAUDI ARABIA Certain packaging plastics required to be oxo-degradable / Customs checks since December 2017	11.01.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Oxo-biodegradable lobby responds to EMF's critical report / Packaging firms "care more about profits than the environment"	22.11.2017
MARINE LITTER Ocean Conservancy and WPC part of USD 150m initiative to combat ocean plastics / Waste and recycling management in Southeast Asia / EU commits to fund European and global strategies and centres	20.10.2017
PEPSICO Collaboration with Danimer Scientific on biodegradable resins / 2025 sustainability agenda intends 100% recyclable packaging	10.03.2017