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14.01.2021 PLASTICS WASTE  New rules on exports from the EU in effect / Notification required for shipping hazardous material / Amendment to Basel Convention

14.01.2021 MEXICO  Mexico City bans single-use plastic bags / Producers voice displeasure with move

13.01.2021 UK  Government says pandemic could affect country's ability to reduce plastic waste

11.01.2021 SWITZERLAND  Parliament discusses tax on single-use plastic packaging / Action called for in 2025

23.12.2020 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  German Bundestag confirms ban on plastic bags / Consumption of 18 plastic bags per person in 2019

10.12.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY  Environment ministry submits draft of new packaging law / Deposits for wider range of disposable bottles / Mandatory amount of rPET for one-way bottles

04.12.2020 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  German Bundestag decides to ban plastic bags / Ultra-thin bags not affected

01.12.2020 BREXIT  Outcome of UK-EU trade negotiations remains uncertain / Time is running out / Plastics industry prepares / Coronavirus pandemic and supply bottlenecks add to problems

01.12.2020 PVC  EU imposes punative tariffs on PVC from the US

23.11.2020 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  German plastics packaging association stresses on importance of to-go packaging / Composite solutions more difficult to recycle

20.11.2020 PLASTICS TAX  UK government publishes draft of proposed tax on plastic packaging

18.11.2020 WASTE MANAGEMENT  Move to circular economy creates new opportunities / Investment considerations include feedstock security, market disruptors and price trajectories / Eunomia report

17.11.2020 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  Hike in fee for single-use sacks in UK falls short, supermarkets say

16.11.2020 BREXIT  ECHA urges companies to check registrations of materials from UK-based suppliers / IT and advice section updated

11.11.2020 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  German Bundesrat backs ban on SUP products / Up to 30,000 t of foamed polystyrene packaging affected

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