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13.08.2025 PLASTICS WASTE  Malaysia bans import of plastics waste from US / Environmentalists warn US plastics waste could flood Mexico, India, Turkey

12.08.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act

11.08.2025 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent

11.08.2025 EPP RECYCLING  General Industries launches Europewide initiative for take-back, recycling

07.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Global Plastics Treaty talks underway in Geneva / ‘Make or break' for the planet, environmental experts warn

07.08.2025 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Plastics-linked diseases cost world USD 1.5 tn yearly – report / Medical journal to monitor plastics production, pollution, health risks

06.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Environmental protestors target Ineos with surprise stunt / Greenpeace and plastics makers at loggerheads over global waste crisis

04.08.2025 PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers

01.08.2025 WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY  “You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor

01.08.2025 PACKAGING UK  Recycling rate at nearly 54% / Reporting requirements yield more accurate data

31.07.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ASEAN  Plastics use soars in Asia, environmental leakage set to escalate / Waste to double by 2050 in absence of urgent action – OECD report

25.07.2025 USA  EPA loses even more muscle / Zeldin touts big savings through ‘organisational improvements' and job cuts / NGOs challenge pollution rule exemptions

22.07.2025 WASTE LEGISLATION  PPWR: Industry associations call for postponement of EU packaging regulation

21.07.2025 IKEA  Furniture group plans to eliminate plastic packaging by 2028

21.07.2025 BOTTLE RECYLING EU  Mass-balance method soon to be acceptable / New rules to accept chemical recycling / Criticism of method continues

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