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03.01.2024 UK  Government announces evaluation plan for plastic packaging tax / Levy introduced in April 2022

02.01.2024 GERMANY  Plastics tax around the corner / Who will have to pay and when? / Mixed voices from the industry

22.12.2023 YEAR-ENDER: RECYCLING  Will advanced – or chemical – recycling be the silver bullet for hard-to-recycle plastics?

21.12.2023 PFAS  EPA says Inhance must change fluorination process for HDPE containers / NGOs cheer, company goes to court

21.12.2023 EU PACKAGING  Trade groups warn on erosion of single market under proposed packaging regulation / Fragmentation could deter potential investors

21.12.2023 PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY  Reclaim volumes for plastics, glass decline / Some targets clearly missed / Demand for polymer packaging to ease most

20.12.2023 YEAR-ENDER: BREXIT  British voice displeasure with exodus / Plastics firms see UK-EU trade conditions slowly improve

18.12.2023 UK  Stolen plastic goods apparently ground into recyclate / Bakers Basco to receive thousands for pilfered bread trays

14.12.2023 PLASTICS AND HEALTH USA  Launch of new thrust for environmental justice through the back door / Campaign to be folded into Inflation Reduction Act

13.12.2023 ROMANIA  Deposit-return system begins operations / Target set at 90% collection by 2026

11.12.2023 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  PRE publishes recycling manifesto / Recommendations include ‘realistic' recycling targets, new certification system

11.12.2023 US INDUSTRY  Congress reintroduces bill to extend producer responsibility, control resin production / Trade groups warn of stagnation in chemicals, plastics

11.12.2023 HAZARDOUS WASTE  Approval of new European rules proposed by waste management association FEAD / Due to take effect in 2025

06.12.2023 PVC  ECHA report on additives could prompt new regs / Current workplace rules enough for resin / VinylPlus to address concerns

30.11.2023 PFAS  US court rejects class action suit against 3M, DuPont, others / Ruling says plaintiff did not prove source of contamination / Decision calls use of chemicals ‘nearly ubiquitous'

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