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26.09.2019 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  Sales fall by 37% in England / Austria sees 28% decline in quantity used against 2014

26.09.2019 SAINSBURY'S  Aim to cut plastic packaging by 50% / UK food retail giant urges customers to play their part in waste reduction

24.09.2019 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Major hotel groups eliminate disposable toiletries / Marriott and InterContinental measures combined will impact over 12,000 hotels worldwide

19.09.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  German department store chain Karstadt Kaufhof to abolish plastic bags / Amazon heads a different way / Aldi products will not contain microplastics in future

12.09.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Microplastics found in European snow / Studies in France and US find particles in remote areas / German organisation mulls ban on artificial turf

11.09.2019 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  German environment ministry considers ban / Plastic packaging industry association sharply criticises “symbolic policy”

11.09.2019 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  EuPC's third survey on recyclate usage by European processors / Available in seven languages

05.09.2019 ALDI  Cotton swabs made of plastic to be replaced in Germany / Plastic packaging in UK to be reduced / Cooperation with Plastic Bank in the Philippines

29.08.2019 MICROPLASTICS  Presence in run-off could threaten drinking water / Cautious WHO report says more data needed / Monomers leached into environment during polymerisation not primary concern

27.08.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  US study shows bisphenol A substitutes in urine correlate with obesity

22.08.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UN establishes global plastics waste prevention group / Marine litter reduction the goal

19.08.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Collaboration in Vietnam to boost recycling efforts / Japan's Suntory sets targets for more sustainable PET packaging

16.08.2019 ITALY  Resorts ban single-use items / Rome metro trials bottle recycling system

16.08.2019 MICROPLASTICS  Aimplas project to probe wastewater treatment technology in Valencia / Standardised methodology is needed

07.08.2019 CHINA  Shanghai's waste separation law in effect / Demand for plastic bins climbs / Hainan island bans single-use plastics

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