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23.07.2021 PACKAGING  Leading brands, retailers to help create schemes to collect, recycle / Ellen MacArthur report puts annual cost of programmes at USD 30 bn

22.07.2021 RECYCLING USA  American Chemistry Council proposes national strategy to advance circular economy for plastic packaging

22.07.2021 CLARIANT  New colour pigments earn TÜV Austria certification for industrial composting

21.07.2021 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  NGOs find EU's phase-out measures largely insufficient / Many European countries lack necessary ambition / Seas At Risk publishes Best Practices report to support reduction efforts

21.07.2021 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Joint research project examines microplastics in food and beverages / Incorporation during processing, filling or packaging?

19.07.2021 EU CLIMATE POLICY  “Fit for 55” leads to hot debates in the industry / EU unveils long-awaited climate package / Transportation to be included in ETS / Chemical and waste sectors mostly on board

16.07.2021 CO-OP  UK supermarket start collecting flexible plastic packaging for recycling

15.07.2021 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Digital Product Passport could be EU's next “greening” tool / Improving transparency of ecological footprint

15.07.2021 RECYCLING SPAIN  Technology centre Aimplas joins Nontox project / EU-backed programme seeks to recover plastics from “problem” sources

15.07.2021 RESEARCH  Can biodegradable plastic cutlery be turned into foam? A New Zealand University has made it possible

14.07.2021 TURKEY  Ankara reverses import ban on PE waste / Stricter oversight of recyclers

09.07.2021 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Swiss university study says high number of toxic chemicals in everyday plastic products / Swedish group reports plastics contamination in food chain of developing countries

08.07.2021 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Disposable products banned in the EU from 3 July / Environment associations call for rethink on reusables / EuPC voices criticism / Health risks with “eco” alternatives?

08.07.2021 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  MORE platform reopens / 1m t of recycled material

08.07.2021 CHINA  EUR 364m loan from World Bank to improve plastics waste management / Project centred on Ningbo and Chongqing

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