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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

27.08.2018 MARINE LITTER  Pacific garbage patch on alert / Ocean Cleanup to launch floating collection system in September / Estimates of 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in gyre

20.08.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Should Basel Convention cover plastics waste? / Norway seeks amendment

17.08.2018 FRANCE  Plans for virgin plastic packaging to become more expensive / Higher landfill taxation / Environment ministry calls for radical restructuring of French economy / Marine litter mission

17.08.2018 ACTEGA  Child-friendly TPE compounds / EU's BPA migration amendment takes hold in November

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