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06.06.2023 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Reclaim ops may create waterborne pollution / Groups want EU to support closed-loop recycling

06.06.2023 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Germany sets up digital platform for SUP fees / Registration starts in January 2024

02.06.2023 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  European Commission unveils revised framework to monitor circular targets / Recycling rates rise for municipal waste / Packaging waste up 17% since 2010

02.06.2023 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Recycling plastic leads to increased toxicity in material – Greenpeace report / Recycled plastics vectors for spreading chemicals of concern – Cambridge study / BPF response

31.05.2023 EUROPEAN PLASTICS WASTE  Exports highest since 2021 / Basel Convention amendments bear fruit / Demand for waste PE in the lead / EU reclaim capacities grow

31.05.2023 PLASTIC PACKAGING  German legislators want changes to planned EU regulation / Practical recycling criteria required

26.05.2023 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UN Plastics Treaty: companies tackling pollution form alliance to better inform policymakers

26.05.2023 PLASTIC FANTASTIC  Of throwaway drinks bottles and flesh-eating bacteria

23.05.2023 COCA-COLA  Drinks bottles from landfilled plastic waste / European bottler trials Dutch start-up's technology / Recyclate content to rise to 50%

19.05.2023 RECYLED PLASTICS  MORE survey open for European converters

16.05.2023 RESEARCH  Microorganisms that break down plastics at low temperatures / Potential for efficient plastics waste recycling

15.05.2023 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UN plastics treaty: Sides stake out positions ahead of talks / Next INC-2 round in Paris / Legal issues could hound industry / Big investors call on companies to reduce use of plastics

15.05.2023 ITALY  Rome to fund 75 recycling plants / Move follows G7 pledge to end plastic pollution by 2040 / Additional capacity, more waste recovery planned

12.05.2023 PVC  EU extends ban on lead content to imports / Recyclers receive limited exemption

05.05.2023 USA  Biden administration introduces recycling proposals / Senate submits reclaim legislation / Greenpeace calls for decisive action against plastics waste exports

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