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PACKAGING RECYCLING UK cuts targets for plastics packaging recycling in 2021 and 2022 / Decision follows Valpak warning that pandemic could bankrupt some recyclers / Coronavirus impact may extend through 2022	08.12.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING USA Alliance to create circular economy / North American platform of Ellen MacArthur's global “Plastics Pact” / 50% recycling rate targeted	31.08.2020
VEOLIA Waste management giant joins UK recycling label scheme	19.08.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING European science academies join forces to study plastics chain / EUBP sees bioplastics criticisms as mainly emotional	31.03.2020
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
VIRIDOR Unilever and Klöckner Pentaplast agree to purchase recycled plastics from UK facility	11.02.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING UK Wrap publishes guidance for compostable packaging	11.02.2020
POLYONE Advanced Composites and healthcare applications cushion sales decline in Europe and Asia / Company joins UK Plastics Pact	06.02.2020
RECYCLING UK Additional recycling capacity needed to meet rising plastics collection / UK remains dependent on export markets / Wrap report	12.11.2019
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK Consumption drops across public sector in Wales / Wrap to issue procurement guidance	02.09.2019
PENNON New plastics recycling facility to be fueled with non-recyclable plastics waste	14.06.2019
PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK Recycling programme Wrap reports on “UK Plastics Pact” progress / Strides made in removing PS and black plastics from packaging as well as single-use items	07.06.2019
VEOLIA Recycling group invests in UK plant / Increase in recyclate demand following success of “UK Plastics Pact”	05.06.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Recycling groups Wrap and OPRL form partnership to tackle goals for packaging labels	10.04.2019
SABIC Feedstock from chemically recycled plastics for European plants / MoU with UK's Plastic Energy	14.12.2018
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY Sustainability group Wrap publishes packaging reduction targets to guide "Plastics Pact" members	21.11.2018
LIDL Sister company GreenCycle to take over German plastics recycler Tönsmeier / Supermarket chain's plastics waste reduction measures in UK, France and Ireland	28.08.2018
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
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK The Black Plastic Packaging Recycling Forum brings together 61 stakeholders / Organisation seeks solutions to black waste sorting by 2018	02.10.2017
COCA-COLA Plan to double recycled plastic use in the UK by 2020 / Three-point strategy to boost recovery and recycling / Multi-million pound campaign by end of 2017	24.07.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EP Environment Committee targets 80% packaging waste recycling / EU Commission's original goals revived	02.02.2017
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Much work still needed in UK, paper says / Extended Producer Responsibility is key / Packaging waste cleanup costs exceed GBP 100m annually in England / All parts of supply chain must work together	29.11.2016
EVENTS BPF seminar on “Plastics Packaging in the UK” to take place in London	04.11.2016
RECYCLED POLYMERS Global market to expand by 4.3% per year to 2020 / Ongoing investment in recycling units / Technavio report	06.09.2016
MONOWORLD RECYCLING Mixed plastics recycling plant opened / First of its kind in the UK / New market opportunities from enhanced grades	14.07.2016