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22.10.2020 ITALY  Implementation of “plastic tax” likely postponed until mid-2021 / Only a small gap in tax coffers

22.10.2020 TRADE DEALS  Canadian ban on single-use plastics may violate USMCA / US industry groups warn of “non-tariff barrier” / “Toxic” label for plastics “irresponsible”

20.10.2020 PLASTICS WASTE  New UK standard for atmospheric biodegradability of polyolefins

15.10.2020 ITALY  Introduction of plastics tax in January 2021 increasingly unlikely / Trade associations warn of double burden

14.10.2020 GERMANY  Upper house approves EU waste directive / Ban on disposable products legally binding as of 2021

12.10.2020 EU PLASTICS TAX  Parliament green-lights planned levy / Next step is ratification at national level

12.10.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  EuPC and Circularise partner to develop systems for tracking plastics and monitoring recyclates / Group seeks prototype testers

12.10.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING UK  Certification system extended to cover all packaging types

05.10.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  PolyCert Europe seeks EU-wide quality compliance rules and alignment of reclaim-use standards for plastics processing

02.10.2020 PVC  China initiates anti-dumping investigation into US-made PVC / US, Taiwan, Japan main import sources

01.10.2020 US RECYCLING  California passes first US recycled-content law for beverage bottles / Containers need 15% reclaim content by 2022

24.09.2020 PLASTICS WASTE  New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste

24.09.2020 GERMANY  Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants

23.09.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING  EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes

14.09.2020 PLASTICS TAX  National Council of Switzerland calls for plastics levy / Lower house wants 25% recyclate rate for packaging by 2025

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