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PLASTIC BANK CEO wants plastics waste rated as a ‘resource' in UN treaty / Shift could change behaviour / Groups stop equivalent of 4 bn bottles from reaching ocean	19.06.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UN plastics treaty: Sides stake out positions ahead of talks / Next INC-2 round in Paris / Legal issues could hound industry / Big investors call on companies to reduce use of plastics	15.05.2023
UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY First meeting on global rules reveals discord / 50-country bloc demands lower resin output, bans for some grades / Industry role in negotiations criticised / Next talks due in May	15.02.2023
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Indonesia's museum of plastics waste	12.11.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE "European Plastics Pact" launches / Targets include better life cycle management of packaging and disposables / EuPC sees difficulties and refuses to join	09.03.2020
SABIC Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations	14.02.2020
EVENTS "VinylPlus Sustainability Forum" 2020 arrives in Florence in May	27.01.2020
MARINE LITTER Estimates of fishing gear pollution / Some data gaps for Africa, Asia and South America / Stronger ocean governance called for / EU project on information tool to reduce gear loss	17.12.2019
INTERVIEW World Plastics Council head Jim Seward / Producers set sights on improving waste collection, innovation and collaborations / "Lifecycle thinking is really important"	16.10.2019
PLASTICS WASTE Malaysia and Philippines send back illegal waste imports to industrialised countries	03.06.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Fluoropolymer intermediate PFOA added to Stockholm Convention POP list / Non-member US is pursuing action independently	24.05.2019
PLASTICS WASTE European associations call for amendment of EU waste shipment regulation / Governments across the globe agree to improve plastics scrap trade / Basel Convention amended	14.05.2019
GLOBAL PLASTICS RECYCLING Greenpeace report shows US, Japan and Germany were top exporters of plastics scrap in 2018 / Norway proposal under discussion at UN Basel Convention meeting	03.05.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New UNEP reports to tackle plastics marine pollution / Guidelines and recommendations for monitoring litter, managing coral reefs and improving gender equality	27.03.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global alliance of 29 companies aims to help manage plastics waste / Commitments totalling over USD 1 bn	17.01.2019
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
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Japan races to catch up on tackling marine litter / Subsidies for biodegradables producers / New Zealand to phase out plastic carrier bags	26.09.2018
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Should Basel Convention cover plastics waste? / Norway seeks amendment	20.08.2018
ICPP Thilo Klein appointed president of International Confederation of Plastics Packaging Manufacturers	10.04.2018
COVESTRO Strong sales and earnings in 2017 / PU feedstocks and PC profit from higher prices and volumes / Strategy focused on sustainability and digitalisation	22.02.2018
EVENTS "VinylPlus Sustainability Forum 2018" to be held in Madrid in May	24.01.2018
DOWDUPONT Plan to aid Indonesian efforts to process locally-collected plastics waste into roads / Project could help reduce ocean plastics	09.01.2018
RECYCLING PolyStyreneLoop inaugurates first European demo plant / Treatment of flame-retarded EPS and XPS foam	28.11.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank	23.11.2017
AGRICULTURAL FILMS Use of plastics in agriculture increasing worldwide / Reaction to shortage of land area and water / Biodegradable mulch films included in EU fertilisers regulation for first time / Biopolymers and recycling associations have conflicting opinions	06.11.2017