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31.07.2019 SWITZERLAND  More than 5,000 t of plastics enter the environment each year / Discharges into the soil are 40 times greater than those into freshwater / Lake Geneva heavily contaminated with macroplastics

31.07.2019 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  UK supermarket Iceland relaunches plastic-free packaging trials / First attempt resulted in food waste

25.07.2019 USA  Coca-Cola and PepsiCo leave Plastics Industry Association following pressure from Greenpeace

22.07.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  ECHA adds four new substances to SVHC list / Two labelled as endocrine disruptors

18.07.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  EU general court dismisses PlasticsEurope's BPA challenge / Listing as a SVHC and endocrine disruptor under REACH stands

17.07.2019 PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY  Environmental group accuses Henkel of consumer fraud / Definitions of post-industrial and post-consumer recyclate disputed

05.07.2019 RECYCLING UK  Deposit return system for plastic bottles could slash waste seeping into marine environment / Common Seas report

02.07.2019 REACH  ECHA seeks to improve compliance / Cefic launches action plan to help members update dossiers / Industry says NGO criticism is “not helpful”

25.06.2019 FUJITSU  IT group phases out plastic cups, straws and bottles across its businesses

24.06.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Switzerland bans bisphenol A and bisphenol S in thermal paper / EU to follow in 2020

20.06.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Several African countries ban single-use plastics to fight pollution / Many plastic carrier bag bans already in effect

19.06.2019 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Ingestion of microplastics widespread / Drinking a lot of bottled water increases particle consumption / Canadian study sees health concerns

18.06.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  International research project on microplastics in the ocean / “Micro-FATE” starts with expedition in the Pacific

13.06.2019 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Canadian government proposes SUP ban from 2021 / Based on European model

11.06.2019 HP  Investment in plastics washing line in Haiti to tackle marine litter / Recycled waste used in ink cartridges

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