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08.03.2023 SAINSBURY'S  UK retailer aims to save 450 t/y of plastic with switch to vacuum packaging / Customers voice concerns over social media

07.03.2023 PLASTICS WASTE  FEAD attacks mixed waste sorting / Tomra says such systems needed to meet EU targets

06.03.2023 AUSTRALIA  SUP bans planned almost everywhere / Science academy calls for urgent action on plastic pollution / Government accused of over-reliance on volunteers for data collection

01.03.2023 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Mixed waste sorting key to meeting EU reclaim, climate objectives – Eunomia report

28.02.2023 INEOS  Billion-dollar deal for onshore Texas oil, gas / Foot in the door for future fracking?

27.02.2023 SLOVAKIA  Good start for deposit return system / New sorting plant to boost recycling / Reclaim problems continue

27.02.2023 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK  Imminent ban concerns packaging specialists / Firms warn of lack of guidance from government

24.02.2023 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  ECHA takes aim at “forever chemicals” PFAS / Some 10,000 substances under review / Bans or restrictions could affect imports to Europe

23.02.2023 PACKAGING EUROPE  Reusable-packaging firms form European interest group / Focus on public awareness, policymaking

22.02.2023 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Fraunhofer study says plastic crates more sustainable than throwaway cardboard

22.02.2023 BRASKEM  Cooperation with Finland's Coolbrook to assess electric olefin cracker technology / Pilot project planned

20.02.2023 INEOS OLEFINS  EUR 3.5 bn in financing secured for low-carbon cracker / Belgian facility start-up set for 2026

16.02.2023 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  LYB, Braskem respond to report on top producers of resins for single use / Indorama stays mum despite “positive outlier” rating / Most major firms decline comment

16.02.2023 MARINE LITTER  Plastics waste in the Arctic comes from all over the world / “Even rich industrial nations make a significant contribution to the pollution” – AWI study

15.02.2023 UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY  First meeting on global rules reveals discord / 50-country bloc demands lower resin output, bans for some grades / Industry role in negotiations criticised / Next talks due in May

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