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07.08.2019 CHINA  Shanghai's waste separation law in effect / Demand for plastic bins climbs / Hainan island bans single-use plastics

31.07.2019 SWITZERLAND  More than 5,000 t of plastics enter the environment each year / Discharges into the soil are 40 times greater than those into freshwater / Lake Geneva heavily contaminated with macroplastics

30.07.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Chemours sues DuPont over PFOA liability / ECHA proposes SVHC listing for “GenX” / Moody's downgrades spin-off

29.07.2019 SHALE GAS  Scotland renews Ineos' fracking licence / Decision raises NGOs' ire

26.07.2019 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  UK government commits to spending millions to combat disposable plastics / Support for bio-based polymers / Firms including Unilever sign up to challenge

25.07.2019 AUSTRIA  Ban on plastic bags passed / First national “circularity gap” report / Education project for the packaging industry

22.07.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  ECHA adds four new substances to SVHC list / Two labelled as endocrine disruptors

19.07.2019 HUHTAMAKI  European court dismisses appeal against anti-competitive ruling

18.07.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  EU general court dismisses PlasticsEurope's BPA challenge / Listing as a SVHC and endocrine disruptor under REACH stands

17.07.2019 PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY  Environmental group accuses Henkel of consumer fraud / Definitions of post-industrial and post-consumer recyclate disputed

12.07.2019 FRANCE  Draft law puts waste collection in focus / Elipso sees need for more sorting plants and EPR for industrial packaging / "Access to recycled material is tomorrow's challenge for plastic packaging producers"

09.07.2019 PLASTIC PIPES  Creation of European standard for PVC-O pipes

02.07.2019 REACH  ECHA seeks to improve compliance / Cefic launches action plan to help members update dossiers / Industry says NGO criticism is “not helpful”

01.07.2019 FRANCE  Trade association Elipso welcomes bottle deposit scheme consultation / Concern over access to rPET for packaging

24.06.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Switzerland bans bisphenol A and bisphenol S in thermal paper / EU to follow in 2020

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