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17.05.2012 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Pacific Garbage Patch provides bug-breeding grounds / “Threat to the marine environment”

17.05.2012 GERMANY Plastics producers raise 2011 output to 20.7m t / Revenues on the rise / Margins pressured by feedstock costs / PlasticsEurope Deutschland predicts “growth interval” in 2012

14.05.2012 BIOPLASTICS Nova-Institut publishes second edition of bio-based plastics and composites business directory

11.05.2012 INTERVIEW German plastics packaging: Ulf Kelterborn, head of IK business association, talks to PIE about plastic bag bans

10.05.2012 INDIA Supreme Court to consider total plastics ban / Anti-littering effort supported by TV station

09.05.2012 VINYLPLUS New sustainability initiative on track after first year / Target of 800,000 per year PVC recycling by 2020

07.05.2012 PLASTICS EUROPE Ban on landfill for plastics waste takes major step forward / Backing from MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbandy

04.05.2012 MDI  Brazil imposes anti-dumping duties on imports from the US and China / Finance minister announces measures to ease pressure on industrial sector

03.05.2012 PEOPLE PlasticsEurope Deutschland communication head Kurt Stepping retires / Michael Herrmann takes over

26.04.2012 PLASTIC PACKAGING  PAFA industry association warns of inflationary pressures linked to high raw material and fuel prices / Cautions that rising costs will have to be passed down

26.04.2012 PLASTICS AND HEALTH Sweden to ban BPA in baby food packaging from 2013 / EU countries torpedo planned French move

25.04.2012 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned

24.04.2012 CHINA Merger of key plastics industry groups creates China Synthetic Resin Marketing Association / Tasked with aiding government draw up, implement plastics policies / Resins market continues to grow / PIE exclusive with group head Zheng Kai

19.04.2012 THE NETHERLANDS Municipalities and packaging producers reach deal to scrap PET deposit in favour of public recycling / New law to take effect in 2014

17.04.2012 ASSOCIATIONS IAPD joins forces with other major North American plastics associations / Increased collaboration

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