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23.08.2011 PLASTIC BAGS  Rome's legal push forces Brussels' hand / Italy is Europe's leading plastic bag consumer / Some 2.5m t of polyethylene were processed into bags and pouches in 2009 / 15,000 respond to EU bag ban survey

19.08.2011 VINYL ACETATE  EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from the US

18.08.2011 COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING  Survey: Many designers do not understand composites manufacturing / Weight reduction is the main target / Best performers achieve high level of parts consolidation

16.08.2011 PEOPLE  Oliver Möllenstädt becomes new CEO of German plastics processing industry association GKV

15.08.2011 UK RECYCLING  Closed Loop to recycle plastic waste from London Tube / Joint initiative with Bywaters and GLA

11.08.2011 UK PACKAGING WASTE  Municipal waste stream contains 3% flexible packaging / 80% landfilled in 2010 / Increasing presence of laminates

09.08.2011 BOTTLE RECYCLING  Plastics recycler ECO Plastics complains that quality of plastic waste in the UK has deteriorated / Financial loss for local authorities

05.08.2011 ITALY  Petrochemical managers indicted on environmental charges at Porto Torres / Trial set for December

04.08.2011 QATAR  Supreme Health Council imposes deadline on the phase-out of plastic packaging for hot foodstuffs / Grace period of 90 days

03.08.2011 GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS  European Commission launches investigation into Chinese woven and stitched glass fibre fabric imports

01.08.2011 REACH  “Polymer REACH” project enters testing phase / New e-learning platform to smooth implementation for SMEs

28.07.2011 CORRECTION - ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY  Revised EU directive on hazardous substances found in E&E goods comes into force

28.07.2011 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Public consultation on levy for single-use bags in Northern Ireland / Charge to be introduced by April 2013

26.07.2011 TOY MARKET  New EU safety directive comes into force / Standard supposed to be adapted to technical innovations / German, European industry groups welcome amendments

21.07.2011 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  New FDA-assisted study finds low levels of BPA in cans / Other US research finds more

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