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UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY 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	15.02.2023
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING UK Pilot study investigates England's flexible plastic packaging collection system	31.05.2022
RECYCLING UK Plastics Pact annual report shows progress in plastic reduction / Wrap boss urges investors to “open their wallets” / Mono-material PE bags, PP films should be recycled more	03.01.2022
INTERPLAS UK triennial event hosts over 300 exhibitors / Presentations on sustainability, advancement in plastics	13.10.2021
INDIA Launch of Plastics Pact by WWF, CII / Packaging targets to be achieved by 2030	09.09.2021
BRITVIC Investment in packaging group helps soft drinks producer shift towards 100% rPET bottles	06.09.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK Veolia survey finds majority of UK companies unaware of proposed packaging tax	27.08.2021
JM PACKAGING / FEI FOODS Recyclable, ready-to-heat PP food pouch / Companies claim first worldwide	12.03.2021
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