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14.05.2024 MARINE LITTER Need for better management of plastics waste – CleanHub report / “Shocking” levels of ocean plastics

14.05.2024 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE  Consumer-goods giant says it might not meet key packaging circularity target by 2025

13.05.2024 UNILEVER Giant admits to failure of sustainability target / Management should “hang their heads in shame” – Greenpeace

10.05.2024 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Industry initiative Operation Clean Sweep expands presence to 65 countries / 2023 Global Impact report

09.05.2024 UN PLASTICS TREATY  “The work is far from over”: Polymer production remains contentious in fourth session / Some convergence on waste management, recycling / 170 nations strive toward a global agreement

09.05.2024 PACKAGING EUROPE  “EU member states can exempt their economies for five years” / Lawyer Christian Alexander Mayer talks to PIE about special national routes for the PPWR

09.05.2024 PPWR  “Nobody knows how goods are supposed to be transported in Europe in the future” – IK criticises EU packaging regulation

08.05.2024 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  56 companies responsible for half of branded plastics pollution – survey / Researchers call for reduced plastics production in FMCG

30.04.2024 FRANCE  Activists say European deposit refund schemes no silver bullet / Surge in consumption expected as one consequence of return systems / Elipso dismisses claims as biased

26.04.2024 PFAS  UN declares DuPont and Chemours violated human rights for contaminating water / EPA sets new drinking water standards

26.04.2024 EU PACKAGING  Parliament adopts updated PPWR / Rules “require practical implementation” – Plastics Europe MD

25.04.2024 PLASTICS WASTE “Producing less material is the solution, not recycling” / UK households throw away 1.7 bn pieces of plastics every week – Greenpeace report

23.04.2024 TRINSEO Flame-retardant grades made without PFAS, halogenated additives

22.04.2024 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS  Study shows alternatives to plastics increase GHG emissions

17.04.2024 PETROCHEMICALS USA Environmental Protection Agency steps up action against chemical companies / 218 plants affected

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