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02.11.2018 MARINE LITTER  Industry giants to contribute USD 90m to preventing ocean plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur announces global commitment for packaging / "Our Ocean" 2018 conference in Bali

25.10.2018 MICROPLASTICS  Nine plastics discovered in human stools in “first study of its kind”

22.10.2018 L'ORÉAL  "Trions en beauté" campaign on sorting cosmetics packaging waste in France

19.10.2018 LATIN AMERICA  Numerous countries and municipalities take steps to restrict single-use plastics / Bans on plastic carrier bags and straws

02.10.2018 RECYCLING  UK report calls for plastic bottle waste going to landfill to be eliminated by 2030 / Coordinated action needed by drinks industry, government and consumers

28.09.2018 PEPSICO  Collaboration with Recycling Partnership to boost household collection in US / Step to reverse declining recycling rates for common plastics

26.09.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Japan races to catch up on tackling marine litter / Subsidies for biodegradables producers / New Zealand to phase out plastic carrier bags

24.09.2018 GLOBAL PLASTICS RECYCLING  Chinese waste policies helping "transform" disposable plastics / Europe a leader for recycling initiatives / Citi GPS report

24.09.2018 KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST  Films producer pledges to move towards sustainable materials by 2028

14.09.2018 MARINE LITTER  "World Cleanup Day" to tweak awareness / Ocean Cleanup vessel launched to collect waste in Pacific garbage patch

14.09.2018 RESEARCH  Finnish project to develop small, mobile factory to remove marine plastic waste / VTT unit to contain plastic-eating microbes / Plan for pilot unit in Baltic Sea in 2021

13.09.2018 OCEAN POLYMERS  Non-binding MoU with Saudi partner / Land and marine based recycling solutions

11.09.2018 INDONESIA  Local trade groups form an alliance to push up recycling rates across the country / Southeast Asian nation is one of the largest producers of plastic waste / Mass cleanup

29.08.2018 RESEARCH  Quantifying a biopolymer's degradation in soil / Microbes convert PBAT into biomass and carbon dioxide / Implications for agricultural films

28.08.2018 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Packaging value chain pleads for amendments on EU proposal / Statement from 68 European associations

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