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18.03.2011 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  Welsh Assembly Government urged to abandon single-use bag tax / Response to research showing heavier weight bags have higher carbon footprint

16.03.2011 PVC  European Council of Ministers passes amendment restricting the use of cadmium in PVC

18.02.2011 ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING  European WEEE volumes not increasing / Different, market-led approach in US / EU parliament votes for tougher regulations

28.01.2011 GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS  Anti-dumping duty on imports from China to be slashed to 13.8% / EuCIA to continue to work against “harmful” tariffs / Further review called for by EuPC president

26.01.2011 CAPROLACTAM  China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from EU and US

26.01.2011 FOOD PACKAGING  First EU-wide regulation for food-grade plastics / New rules focus on conformity and multilayered film

20.01.2011 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Canada moves to ban phthalates in toys / US designs assessment tool for hazardous chemicals

11.01.2011 PLASTICS CONVERTERS  EuPC files complaint against Italy's bag ban

05.01.2011 ITALY  Controversial ban on non-degradable plastic bags in force since 1 January / Producers face retooling

03.01.2011 COMPOSITES  EU proposes watering down import duties on Chinese glass fibre / Industry associations welcome move but demand measures be completely slashed

02.12.2010 CHINA  EU tightens controls on Chinese imports of plastics kitchenware / Permanent regulation to enter into force next year

29.11.2010 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  EU bans PC baby bottles from 2011 / Health groups delighted, PlasticsEurope “disturbed”

29.11.2010 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT  EU votes for revisions in RoHS / PlasticsEurope welcomes changes to hazardous substances directive

11.11.2010 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Introduction of charge for carrier bags in Wales delayed until October 2011 / Minimum level of 5 pence

22.09.2010 GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS  Provisional anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports / Processors predict a bleak future / Manufacturers welcome “necessary measure”

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