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FRANCE Draft law puts waste collection in focus / Elipso sees need for more sorting plants and EPR for industrial packaging / "Access to recycled material is tomorrow's challenge for plastic packaging producers"	12.07.2019
FRANCE Trade association Elipso welcomes bottle deposit scheme consultation / Concern over access to rPET for packaging	01.07.2019
FRANCE Plastics processing sales set a record in 2018 / Profitability of companies weak in a European comparison / Great hopes for recyclate / Voluntary initiatives versus national roadmap	17.05.2019
EPS PIE extends price reporting to include grey EPS / Slight growth expected for the EPS segment as a whole / Consolidation in the European processing sector / Impulses for recycling	05.02.2019
PLASTICS STRATEGY EU deal to ban certain single-use plastics clears another legislative hurdle / Measures against marine litter / Industry associations register complaints	03.01.2019
PLASTIC PACKAGING "PackTheFuture Award" 2018 / Prizes for innovative products at "All4Pack" trade fair in Paris	30.11.2018
FRANCE Ban on single-use plastic tableware and packaging / Heavy criticism from French and European associations / Poor definitions of items and conflict with EU law	24.10.2018
FRANCE Slowdown of plastic packaging market / Elipso sees only slight growth in first half of 2018	15.10.2018
TRADE FAIRS "All4Pack" packaging show in Paris in late November / French-German partnership between Elipso and IK for "PackTheFuture Award"	08.10.2018
FRANCE FEP and Elipso collaborating more closely / Plastics under "extreme" pressure, says Emmanuel Guichard	18.09.2018
FRANCE Plans for virgin plastic packaging to become more expensive / Higher landfill taxation / Environment ministry calls for radical restructuring of French economy / Marine litter mission	17.08.2018
FRANCE More than 50 companies sign up to use recycled plastics in packaging / Government welcomes commitments within its call for 100% circularity by 2025	06.07.2018
FRANCE Nation-wide circular economy plan released / Aim to recycle all plastics by 2025 / Elipso remains highly engaged	24.05.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS IK and Elipso warn Total / Plastic packaging market confused by current force majeure on PP	14.02.2018
INTERVIEW Emmanuel Guichard, managing director at Elipso / A French perspective on EU plastics strategy / Much debate on bottle deposit scheme in France / Emmanuel Macron's goals for recycled plastics exceed EU's	12.02.2018
ASSOCIATIONS German IK and French Elipso deepen partnership / Focus on European plastics packaging topics	20.07.2017
ASSOCIATIONS "PackTheFuture" award 2017 for ten products / Winners announced at "interpack" in Düsseldorf	18.05.2017
ASSOCIATIONS “PackTheFuture” award winners to automatically qualify for global “WorldStar Awards” / European prize recognised by WPO	21.12.2016
ASSOCIATIONS Germany's IK and France's Elipso organise third “PackTheFuture” award / New “Save Food” category added / Winners to be announced at 2017 “Interpack”	14.11.2016
ASSOCIATIONS EuPC Packaging division establishes three new taskforces / Padraig Nolan named division manager	12.10.2015
ASSOCIATIONS Françoise Andres elected new president of French packaging association Elipso	30.06.2015
PACKAGING MARKETS EUROPE Four leading industry associations call on plastics producers to “urgently” invest in European production facilities / Supply security needs to be restored	23.04.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE Raw material shortages threaten existence of FIBC producers / No choice but to pass on rising costs to customers / EFIBCA industry association	21.04.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE French and German plastic packaging manufacturers alarmed by "unprecedented” tight supply of standard thermoplastics / Deliveries to customers said to be threatened / Declarations of force majeures questioned	10.04.2015
PACKAGING INDUSTRY French Elipso and German IK come together to tackle environmental and sourcing concerns	17.05.2013