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29.11.2022 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  EU general court overturns ECHA's classification as a carcinogen / Industry groups welcome decision / Market weakness

22.11.2022 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Plastics under attack at COP27 / UN agencies blame materials for waste, climate change / Official says, 'The future is not plastic'

22.11.2022 PACKAGING  Trade associations criticise EU packaging waste proposal / Targets said to lack scientific support / Call for guidelines based on ecological impacts

21.11.2022 ITALY  Forza Italia agrees to cancel plastic tax / Converters' association says levy could put excessive burden on the industry

21.11.2022 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  NGOs raise concerns on EU's revision to waste legislation / Circularity rate of 8.6% “dangerous for Europe's future”

18.11.2022 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Net-zero plans not enough to keep global warming at 1.5C / Faster decarbonisation action, focus on cutting consumption priority – ZWE report

17.11.2022 EDITORIAL  Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?

16.11.2022 PLASTICS PACKAGING  Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE

11.11.2022 BIOPLASTICS  Study casts doubt over home-compostable plastics packaging / Researchers question “effective or environmentally beneficial” waste processing method

11.11.2022 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs

04.11.2022 DRINKS PACKAGING  European trade groups say EU PPWD draft poses existential threat to beverage industries / Proposed targets could dismantle recycling infrastructure

28.10.2022 REACH  Commission delays chemicals regulation revision / Industry sees itself overburdened / EU member states and NGOs disappointed / Green deal in danger?

28.10.2022 PLASTICS PACKAGING  Trade bodies urge caution on recycled content targets under EU directive / Raw material costs stabilise in Q3 / Outlook remains uncertain

27.10.2022 US PLASTICS RECYCLING  Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”

24.10.2022 NGR  K 2022: EFSA, FDA food contact approval for rPET from LSP process

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