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24.03.2011 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Plastics producers set “clear objectives” for action on marine litter / Industry groups sign declaration

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

11.03.2011 EVENTS  “2011 JEC Composites Show” in Paris / 14 companies to receive innovation prize

08.03.2011 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  On heels of new EU regulations, China reported to be considering a ban on BPA in baby bottles

01.03.2011 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  UK Environment Agency study finds that single-use HDPE bags have lowest carbon footprint / 76% are actually reused / Usage halved in five years

21.02.2011 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  EuPC enters into cooperation with inventor of new trawling net for marine debris collection / Part of European Waste Free Oceans pilot project

15.02.2011 RUSSIA  "Interplastica" fair reflects optimism in Russian market / More than 20,000 visitors flock to Moscow

15.02.2011 PET WINE BOTTLES  Canadian airline introduces one litre claret container / Ecological concerns fuel search for alternatives to glass

14.02.2011 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  Almost 19,000 visitors flock to ArabPlast 2011 / Machinery deals worth almost EUR 1 bn

01.02.2011 GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY  More than half of industry's players return to or surpass pre-crisis performance levels in 2010 / A few still struggling / Capital spending and employment now increasing / Record participation in “KI Dialogue”

27.01.2011 POLYMER RESEARCH  Australian researchers extend plastics' shelf-life / Supercomputers track resistance to sun's rays

25.01.2011 LABELLING  US government introduced biobased product label / Move designed to promote sales

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

14.01.2011 UK  Plastics associations criticise Italy's ban on plastic bags / Argue that move contravenes EU law

07.01.2011 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Researcher says Pacific garbage patch not nearly as big as Texas / “More plankton than plastics”

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