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First meeting on global rules reveals discord / 50-country bloc demands lower resin output, bans for some grades / Industry role in negotiations criticised / Next talks due in May

Indonesia's museum of plastics waste

"European Plastics Pact" launches / Targets include better life cycle management of packaging and disposables / EuPC sees difficulties and refuses to join

Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations

"VinylPlus Sustainability Forum" 2020 arrives in Florence in May

Estimates of fishing gear pollution / Some data gaps for Africa, Asia and South America / Stronger ocean governance called for / EU project on information tool to reduce gear loss

World Plastics Council head Jim Seward / Producers set sights on improving waste collection, innovation and collaborations / "Lifecycle thinking is really important"

Malaysia and Philippines send back illegal waste imports to industrialised countries

Fluoropolymer intermediate PFOA added to Stockholm Convention POP list / Non-member US is pursuing action independently

European associations call for amendment of EU waste shipment regulation / Governments across the globe agree to improve plastics scrap trade / Basel Convention amended

Greenpeace report shows US, Japan and Germany were top exporters of plastics scrap in 2018 / Norway proposal under discussion at UN Basel Convention meeting

New UNEP reports to tackle plastics marine pollution / Guidelines and recommendations for monitoring litter, managing coral reefs and improving gender equality

Global alliance of 29 companies aims to help manage plastics waste / Commitments totalling over USD 1 bn

Industry giants to contribute USD 90m to preventing ocean plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur announces global commitment for packaging / "Our Ocean" 2018 conference in Bali

Japan races to catch up on tackling marine litter / Subsidies for biodegradables producers / New Zealand to phase out plastic carrier bags

Should Basel Convention cover plastics waste? / Norway seeks amendment

Thilo Klein appointed president of International Confederation of Plastics Packaging Manufacturers

Strong sales and earnings in 2017 / PU feedstocks and PC profit from higher prices and volumes / Strategy focused on sustainability and digitalisation

"VinylPlus Sustainability Forum 2018" to be held in Madrid in May

Plan to aid Indonesian efforts to process locally-collected plastics waste into roads / Project could help reduce ocean plastics

PolyStyreneLoop inaugurates first European demo plant / Treatment of flame-retarded EPS and XPS foam

Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank

Use of plastics in agriculture increasing worldwide / Reaction to shortage of land area and water / Biodegradable mulch films included in EU fertilisers regulation for first time / Biopolymers and recycling associations have conflicting opinions

On track to ban plastic bags in coastal cities / Initiatives around the country to minimise waste / Ten companies commit to promoting recycled plastic packaging

Focus on European and global markets / Policies for sustainability issues / VinylPlus programme recognised by WEF circular economy award initiative