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23.07.2018 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Europe proposes restriction of four phthalates in consumer articles

20.07.2018 CHINA  Fiscal leverage to support environmental policy / National waste fees and recycling rates for 2020

17.07.2018 PET RECYCLING  EU requirements on recycled content should be set / Bottle-return schemes can ensure high-quality recyclate for processors / Reloop position paper

03.07.2018 STYRENE  China's anti-dumping duties to change SM import structure / Global trade flow could shift to Asian transit countries

28.06.2018 PE RECYCLING EUROPE  Development of guidelines to assess quality of recycled LDPE / Collaboration with Belgian research centre / Emans: “First step to circularity”

25.06.2018 GREECE  Shopping bag usage at supermarkets falls 76% on bag charge / Sikinos first Greek island to ban plastic straws

15.06.2018 INDIA  Ban on single-use plastics from 2022 / “CleanSeas” campaign and clean up of historic monuments / Reports spotlight waste management successes and setbacks

31.05.2018 CROATIA  Waste management plan with 2020 target proving difficult / Chamber of commerce holds waste and recycling symposium / Importance of separating secondary raw materials

31.05.2018 REACH  Deadline to register chemicals on 31 May 2018 / 80,000 registrations already received

30.05.2018 INTERVIEW  “We have to take care not only of the low hanging fruits such as PET bottles” / EuPC managing director Alexandre Dangis on the EU plastics policy and industry actions preoccupying Europe's converters

30.05.2018 CYCLOS  Label for products made of post-consumer recyclate

29.05.2018 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  European Commission publishes regulations on disposable plastic products / Collection rate for bottles set / Sharp criticism from PlasticsEurope and EuPC

29.05.2018 TURKEY  Government planning restrictions on US imports of PVC / As early as this June

28.05.2018 SOUTH KOREA  Steps taken to cut plastic waste volumes / Move follows China's ban on waste imports / Production of coloured PET bottles to stop by 2020

28.05.2018 EU PLASTICS STRATEGY  Commission draft contains far-reaching bans on single-use plastic products

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