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07.03.2022 PLASTICS WASTE  UN to develop global rules for plastics pollution / First draft expected in 2024

04.03.2022 PACKAGING AND SUSTAINABILITY  Varied sustainability rules complicate situation / 83% of sustainable packaging measures focus on plastics / McKinsey report

02.03.2022 RECLAY  Consulting company RecycleMe opens site in Slovakia / First deposit system launched in the country

28.02.2022 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  75% of the world wants SUP ban / Nearly 90% ready for global treaty to cut plastics waste / Ipsos survey

24.02.2022 CHEMICAL RECYCLING  Most plants worldwide still in test operation / Controversies about risks and benefits / Studies by ecoprog, WWF and DUH

24.02.2022 POLAND  Deposit-return system for bottles from 2023 / Entrepreneurs to decide on deposit amount

21.02.2022 COVERIS  Austrian packaging group brings recycled stretch film to UK / Move comes ahead of new tax

11.02.2022 CIRCULAR ECONOMY AUSTRIA  Packaging collection at a constant level / Plastics recycling has some catching up to do / Circular Economy Index reveals challenges amongst SMEs

10.02.2022 PLASTICS WASTE  EU renews call for global regulation of plastics / WWF says polymer pollution now in “every part of the ocean” / UN to discuss global treaty

09.02.2022 ENERGY MARKET CHINA  Prices to stabilise in 2022 following last year's shocks / Covid-19 policy brings uncertainties

04.02.2022 MEDICAL PLASTICS  NGO drafts sustainability criteria for European buyers of medical gloves and textiles

02.02.2022 BISPHENOL A  FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”

02.02.2022 BIOPLASTICS  EU seeks comments on bio-based, biodegradable, compostable plastics / Opinions part of preparation for new policies / Deadline for input 15 March

28.01.2022 UPDATE - USA  Plastics Pact calls for end of PS, EPS, and PVC packaging by 2025 / Group wants to eliminate 11 polymer products and materials

28.01.2022 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  CEEAG: German waste disposal association criticises latest EU aid framework / Exclusion of recycling companies from renewable energy act compensation scheme

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