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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Second Ellen MacArthur progress report / Accelerated efforts needed to meet 2025 goals / Call for action on recycling, reduction, international cooperation	20.11.2020
MARINE LITTER Nordic officials call for less plastics pollution / Report proposes UN treaty to benefit businesses	28.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE Study says global brands undershooting plastics reduction goals / Coca-Cola and Unilever reiterate commitment to targets	06.10.2020
LEGO USD 400m sustainability investment includes swapping single-use plastic bags for packaging / H1 sales rise 7% / Toy manufacturer joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation	29.09.2020
ALPLA New HPDE recycling plant in Mexico to open in H2 2021	24.09.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING Technology constraints drag on growth of mono-material films / Asia-Pacific dominates global market / PP fastest growing polymer / Smithers report	23.09.2020
RECYCLING Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging	18.09.2020
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
MARINE LITTER Study proposes comprehensive strategy to tackle ocean plastics / Elimination of many single-use and non-recyclable products needed / Actions to curb pollution	17.08.2020
LANXESS Launch of polyamide 6 grades containing recycled glass fibres	23.07.2020
L'OREAL Pledge to use 100% recycled or bio-based plastics / Group consumed 140,000 t of polymers in 2018	21.07.2020
EVIAN Water group launches 100% recycled plastic bottle	17.07.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO report criticises brand owners and retailers for failing to address waste crisis / Study cites lack of corporate leadership	14.07.2020
INEOS Chemical recycling from late 2023 / Pact with Plastic Energy to use “Tacoil” feedstock	29.04.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT NGO Tearfund links climate change with plastics pollution from major consumer brands / Study focused on six developing countries / Coca-Cola worst offender	09.04.2020
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
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT WWF-Malaysia responds to media inaccuracies on Malaysian plastics / Plastic packaging report recommends EPR to address problems in Southeast Asia and China / Indonesia plans plastics tax	28.02.2020
AMCOR Fiscal 2020 outlook improves after first-half results / Bemis integration gives boost / HPRC partnership to improve medical plastics recycling	28.02.2020
PORTUGAL Country joins global "Plastics Pact" network / Aim to recycle 70% of packaging by 2025	18.02.2020
VIRIDOR Unilever and Klöckner Pentaplast agree to purchase recycled plastics from UK facility	11.02.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Global tourism initiative to tackle plastics waste / Organisations must commit to several targets by 2025 / UNEP and EMF collaboration	07.02.2020
POLYONE Advanced Composites and healthcare applications cushion sales decline in Europe and Asia / Company joins UK Plastics Pact	06.02.2020
COCA-COLA Customers like using plastic bottles, says sustainability head at WEF / New partnership with “Benioff Ocean Initiative” to clean up polluted rivers	27.01.2020
NESTLE EUR 2 bn investment plans to hike use of recycled plastics	22.01.2020
ALPLA Austrian packaging group acquires two HDPE recycling plants in Spain / Plans for capacity expansion	08.11.2019