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27.06.2022 ENERGY MARKETS  European Parliament passes EU reform package / Response to war-related energy crunch / Chemical producers slam new export rules / Debates on ETS scheme

24.06.2022 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT USA  SUP ban for national parks / State of Rhode Island opens chemical recycling facilities / Ongoing debates

24.06.2022 PACKAGING GERMANY  Consumption up 14% in the past 20 years / Increased demand for reduced sizes / “Next milestone must be the recyclability of packaging” – GVM study

23.06.2022 PLASTICS RECYCLING UK  Indigo first plastics recycler to join Sustainably Sourced Plastic scheme

17.06.2022 SWITZERLAND  Alpine country considers higher reserve levels for plastics

16.06.2022 BIOPLASTICS  Are single-use biopolymers a sham? – position paper by Germany's BUND / Criticism by producer‘s group Plastics Europe

13.06.2022 CHEMICALS AND FINANCE  Institutional investors favour “green” chemical companies / Higher focus on sustainability strategy essential / McKinsey report

10.06.2022 PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY  Amendment of Packaging Act comes into force / Companies that put packaging on the market required to register in database / No exception for global online retailers, to-go sector

07.06.2022 GUEST EDITORIAL  Chemical recycling: Not nearly enough hype / Why all recycling processes are important for a circular economy / A reply from Ingemar Bühler, managing director of Plastics Europe Deutschland

18.05.2022 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Umbrella certification PolyCert adds German, French schemes to portfolio

17.05.2022 PLASTIC PIPES  Demand driven by ongoing substitution of metal pipes / Fastest growth in Central and Eastern Europe / Potential role in emerging hydrogen economy / AMI report

16.05.2022 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Industry's circularity and net zero efforts fall short / Deeper collaboration and faster action critical within next five years / Systemiq report

09.05.2022 CHINA  The People's Republic turns to lightweighting and bio-based, recycled plastics / Beijing to ban conventional plastic packaging from express delivery outlets

06.05.2022 PACKAGING TAX GERMANY  McDonald's branch wins lawsuit against Tübingen waste levy / German environmental aid organisation calls for one-way levy on to-go packaging

02.05.2022 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Study for European Commission explores scenarios for PVC phase-out

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