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Environment / Health

25.02.2020 TUNISIA  Ban on single-use plastic bags from March / Complete phase-out by January 2021

24.02.2020 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  EU carcinogenic classification of powder form to apply from September 2021 / TDMA critical of ambiguities in the regulatory text

20.02.2020 CHINA  Country's economic recovery from coronavirus epidemic not expected until mid-year / Automotive industry projects significant slump / European machinery companies are contemplating a two-year cycle for "Chinaplas"

14.02.2020 PVC RECYCLING  EU plenary also turns thumbs down on amended lead rules / VinylPlus and EuPC warns

07.02.2020 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Global tourism initiative to tackle plastics waste / Organisations must commit to several targets by 2025 / UNEP and EMF collaboration

06.02.2020 POLYONE  Advanced Composites and healthcare applications cushion sales decline in Europe and Asia / Company joins UK Plastics Pact

30.01.2020 PVC RECYCLING  Heated debate over EU lead restriction proposals / European Parliament to vote in February

30.01.2020 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  "Plastics Data Challenge" invites entries to address leakage of waste into oceans / Aim to develop data solutions in South and Southeast Asia

29.01.2020 HUNGARY  PET bottle makers to use 50% more recyclate / State aid for reprocessing sought

23.01.2020 CHINA  Ban on single-use plastics starting in 2020 / Production of household items containing microbeads to end this year

23.01.2020 REACH  ECHA adds four new SVHC candidates to list / All are used with polymers

13.01.2020 BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION  Launch of web resource linked to UN sustainability goals / Seminar planned for February 2020

17.12.2019 MARINE LITTER  Estimates of fishing gear pollution / Some data gaps for Africa, Asia and South America / Stronger ocean governance called for / EU project on information tool to reduce gear loss

17.12.2019 CHEMICAL RECYCLING  Total, Mars and Nestlé test Recycling Technologies' pyrolysis process / Citeo project in France

13.12.2019 ENERGY  “Master Plan 2050” from energy-intensive industry panel maps climate goals / Recommendations fed into “Green New Deal”

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