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02.06.2025 RESEARCH  Aimplas collaborates on greener bioplastics food packaging project / Novel PLA copolymers to improve biodegradability

30.05.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Rising virgin-material use outpacing circularity growth / Global material extraction to rise 60% by 2060 – Circularity Gap report

29.05.2025 USA  Trump budget bill foreseen to starve clean energy / Elimination of tax credits a death blow to IRA

27.05.2025 SPAIN  Authorities arrest five, question 15 in alleged criminal plastics waste import-export network

27.05.2025 AMAZON  Online retailer's investors deflect environmental proposals yet again / Anti-ESG trend continues in US

22.05.2025 3M  Fluorochemicals maker to pay USD 450 mn for groundwater contamination with PFAS / Related production to be phased out

22.05.2025 WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY  Single-Use Plastics Fund: deadline extended for declaration of volumes / Registrations lower than planned

21.05.2025 RECYCLING UK  BPF requests companies making false claims about recycled plastic content be reported to EA / Trade body calls for verification

20.05.2025 COCA-COLA  Drinks giant mulls shift from cans to plastic bottles to beat Trump's tariffs / Agreement with EC to amend recyclability claims on labels

20.05.2025 PFAS  Trump EPA to scale back parts of Biden-era regulatory focus / Restrictions on PFOA and PFOS should survive rewrite

20.05.2025 INDORAMA  Partnership with IMG Group and Spanish NGO to tackle waste crisis in Mali

19.05.2025 DENKA  Japanese chemical group to shutter US chloroprene plant / Severe financial losses / Trump's reversal of lawsuit not enough

15.05.2025 BASF  Groundwater contamination dogs US site / Problem-solving takes years

13.05.2025 TEKNOR APEX  Plastics compounder attains RecyClass certification for TPEs

13.05.2025 PFAS  EPA chief seeks own PFAS strategy / Zeldin announces ‘major actions' / Details still cloudy

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