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20.09.2023 SWEDEN  Government to end tax on plastic bags / Officials blame higher energy needed to make paper sacks

20.09.2023 US REGULATION  First US state to ban government purchases of SUP bottles

13.09.2023 PFAS  More 'forever chemicals' in plant-based straws than plastic ones – study

07.09.2023 CIRCULAR ECONOMY GERMANY  Federal government sets levy rates on SUP products / Funds to be directed to public sector 2025 onwards

06.09.2023 AUSTRIA  Deposit on single-use plastic bottles, cans starting 2025 / Organisation takes over newly founded central body Zentrale Stelle

01.09.2023 CIRCULAR PLASTICS FUND  EU adds EUR 50 mn to Dutch investment firm Infinity Recycling / Amount covers one-third of fund target

30.08.2023 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS  Dekra certifies UPM Raflatac label-assessing system

28.08.2023 BOPP FILM  Recyclate use said to cut carbon emissions / Study cites 20% reduction – Brückner

24.08.2023 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Less plastics waste entering oceans / Sheer volume of microplastics hampers cleanup / Inland waterways highly polluted

22.08.2023 SWITZERLAND  Firms to create nationwide collection system for plastics packaging / Ambitious recycling quotas set

21.08.2023 PFAS  Restrictions could disrupt supply chain, warns European industry / EPA orders Chemours, 3M to do more testing / Insufficient data on ‘forever chemicals'

18.08.2023 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Toing and froing about life-cycle assessment is not enough – Fraunhofer study / PIE talks to Umsicht's Jürgen Bertling

17.08.2023 PVC  VinylPlus fights for industry's future in EU / Results of ECHA risk review due in Q4 / US EPA may study dangers of VCM

15.08.2023 RECYCLING  More reclaim in Southeast Asia could cut global carbon emissions by 10% – Circulate Initiative report

15.08.2023 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Los Angeles airports ban single-use plastic water bottles

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