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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Reuse key to circular economy shift / Global South case studies show impact across product categories – report	30.04.2025
VIETNAM Economic boom increases appetite for plastics raw materials / Strong demand from packaging, construction, electronics	19.02.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Back to the Plastic Future: Trump set to reverse Biden's SUP ban	12.02.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY No consensus after Busan talks / Petchem industry accused of ‘unsupportive' behaviour / Rising endorsement of production caps / Further session planned	04.12.2024
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global partnership EPPIC receives fresh funding of USD 14 mn from US Department of State for fight against plastics pollution / Further support by Trump unlikely	07.11.2024
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT WWF raises case for new anti-plastic-pollution goals ahead of INC-5	04.10.2024
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Roadmap aims to turn rhetoric into action / Manufactured goods, processes account for one third of the Earth's overshoot – Deloitte report	13.09.2024
INEOS Project One gets new lease on life / Environment decisions by Flemish authorities make realisation look irreversible	15.08.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Has requirement to offer reusable packaging for takeaway failed? / Minimal usage rate in 2023 / More municipalities look into packaging tax / New regulation by PPWR?	03.06.2024
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Follow-up: Environmental associations go to court over Ineos Project One / “Destructive and completely unnecessary”	06.03.2024
LEGO Toy giant taps Stube as head of sustainability / Move follows end of plans to replace ABS with rPET	04.10.2023
UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY First draft divides interested parties / Proposed ban on materials, products lacks specifics / A ‘missed opportunity', says Plastics Europe	21.09.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Slow going for UN plastics treaty / Draft to be completed by November / Select countries push for national autonomy	09.06.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT UN Plastics Treaty: companies tackling pollution form alliance to better inform policymakers	26.05.2023
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
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Embedding circularity could significantly cut virgin material extraction / Circle Economy-Deloitte report identifies 16 solutions across four global systems	07.02.2023
EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY EU plans overhaul of emissions trading scheme / Officials approve natural gas price cap	10.01.2023
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 WASTE 21 countries start group to end plastics pollution by 2040 / Founding members include Germany, UK, France, Canada	29.08.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS PepsiCo, Starbucks plan to move away from SUPs / PepsiCo Germany partners up with WWF	25.03.2022
PLASTICS WASTE UN to develop global rules for plastics pollution / First draft expected in 2024	07.03.2022
SINGAPORE Country of choice for various global producers / Plastics industry moves towards a circular economy / Summary by Chinaplas organiser Adsale	01.03.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS 75% of the world wants SUP ban / Nearly 90% ready for global treaty to cut plastics waste / Ipsos survey	28.02.2022
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Most plants worldwide still in test operation / Controversies about risks and benefits / Studies by ecoprog, WWF and DUH	24.02.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT OECD report underlines need for global action on plastics and waste / Plastics lifecycle only 8% circular / Study issued days before major UN environmental meeting	23.02.2022