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31.05.2023 EUROPEAN PLASTICS WASTE  Exports highest since 2021 / Basel Convention amendments bear fruit / Demand for waste PE in the lead / EU reclaim capacities grow

31.05.2023 PLASTIC PACKAGING  German legislators want changes to planned EU regulation / Practical recycling criteria required

15.05.2023 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UN plastics treaty: Sides stake out positions ahead of talks / Next INC-2 round in Paris / Legal issues could hound industry / Big investors call on companies to reduce use of plastics

15.05.2023 ITALY  Rome to fund 75 recycling plants / Move follows G7 pledge to end plastic pollution by 2040 / Additional capacity, more waste recovery planned

12.05.2023 PVC  EU extends ban on lead content to imports / Recyclers receive limited exemption

12.05.2023 UK  Government plans update to plastics packaging tax / Officials call for comments on tax credits

05.05.2023 USA  Biden administration introduces recycling proposals / Senate submits reclaim legislation / Greenpeace calls for decisive action against plastics waste exports

28.04.2023 PET BOTTLES  German consumption drops to 446,000 t in 2021 – GVM report / Recycling share rises to 44.8%

27.04.2023 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  What the PFAS ban proposed by the ECHA means for the plastics industry / PIE talks with materials expert Michael Schlipf about the “forever chemicals”

25.04.2023 PACKAGING  European trade bodies warn of waste regulation disparity / EU market rules needed for circular economy / Varying national laws said to cause difficulties

24.04.2023 RUSSIA  Plastics processors call for duties on plastics goods imports / Firms charge China with dumping / WTO rules likely to impede quick changes

24.04.2023 COFFEE PODS  TotalEnergies Corbion, Danimer develop biopolymer materials for compostable coffee pods

21.04.2023 US ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY  Citizen group sues EPA over approval of Chevron fuel based on plastics waste / Agency mulls tougher emissions regs for chemical plants

20.04.2023 COFFEE CAPSULES  European Bioplastics welcomes EC's proposed mandate for compostable capsules / Part of revised rules for PPWR / Green Dot group says move undermines recycling efforts

19.04.2023 SWEDEN  Government to scrap tax on plastic bags

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