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ALPLA Austrian packaging group acquires two HDPE recycling plants in Spain / Plans for capacity expansion	08.11.2019
PROCTER & GAMBLE Consumer goods group plans to save over 300,000 t of virgin plastics per year by 2030 / Up to 50% recyclate used in detergent bottles so far	01.11.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Early progress being made to eliminate problem packaging / Accelerated efforts needed to reach 2025 targets / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP progress report	31.10.2019
UNILEVER Commitment to halve virgin plastics use by 2025 / Pledge to help collect and process 600,000 t plastic packaging annually / CEO says need to rethink design	16.10.2019
USA Coca-Cola and PepsiCo leave Plastics Industry Association following pressure from Greenpeace	25.07.2019
KOMPUESTOS Spanish compounder plans to expand / Compostable resins for single-use applications	17.07.2019
PENNON New plastics recycling facility to be fueled with non-recyclable plastics waste	14.06.2019
MONDI Flexible packaging from post-consumer plastics	12.06.2019
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
HENKEL Detergent and cosmetics packaging made entirely of recyclate / “Social Plastic” rPET in collaboration with Plastic Bank	09.05.2019
VFSE Position paper defends PVC packaging / Call for support to improve collection and recycling	25.04.2019
VEOLIA Partnership with Nestlé to develop recycling schemes in and outside of Europe / Emphasis on flexible plastic packaging	26.03.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Coca-Cola and other major brands disclose plastic packaging production figures / Businesses across value chain commit to reducing plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP report	20.03.2019
FRANCE National pact on plastic packaging / Government, NGOs and retailers commit to ambitious recycling targets	13.03.2019
INTERVIEW PIE talks to Arnold Wang from China's plastics recycling association CPRRA / Three-year plan for recycling under preparation / Upcoming 2019 conferences to discuss marine litter	15.02.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Swindon could host "all plastics" facility / Recycling Technologies and Public Power Solutions teaming up	28.01.2019
EVENTS "Plastics Recycling Show Europe" 2019 to take place in Amsterdam in April	15.01.2019
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
TOMRA Norwegian reverse vending machine producer launches global recruitment drive / At least 1,000 new hires expected / Start of digital voucher scheme in Australia	16.11.2018
ALPLA Austrian packaging producer invests EUR 50m in recycling	08.11.2018
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
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY Waste feedstocks, product performance and digital tools offer opportunities for successful commercialisation of "green" materials / Lux Research report	12.09.2018
MARINE LITTER Pacific garbage patch on alert / Ocean Cleanup to launch floating collection system in September / Estimates of 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in gyre	27.08.2018
MARINE LITTER EU and China sign partnership on oceans / Ellen MacArthur Foundation sees potential of circular economy for plastics	24.07.2018