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26.01.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Aimplas project to better manage PE and EPS waste / Pilot schemes in Spain, Italy and Hungary

25.01.2018 PLASTICS RECYCLING  EuPC launches second survey on using recycled plastics materials in Europe / Poll closes end May

25.01.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Winners of innovation competition announced at WEF in Davos / MacArthur's programme identifies latest projects to reduce marine litter

22.01.2018 INTERVIEW  Jürgen Bruder, head of German plastic packaging association IK / Over half of domestic plastic packaging is already recycled / Plans in progress to improve eco-design and recyclate use

19.01.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UK supermarket chain Iceland to phase out plastic packaging of own-label products / BPF claims move will do nothing to curb marine litter

18.01.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  BASF and Americas Styrenics join World Plastics Council

16.01.2018 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  PlasticsEurope hails EP's rejection of full BPA food packaging ban / ECHA adds endocrine disruptor to the chemical's SVHC entry / EFSA still awaiting US study conclusion?

15.01.2018 MICROPLASTICS  UK government brings in cosmetics microbeads ban / Move comes as prime minister demands reduction in plastic use and waste / BPF cautions on government's tone of language

09.01.2018 DOWDUPONT  Plan to aid Indonesian efforts to process locally-collected plastics waste into roads / Project could help reduce ocean plastics

13.12.2017 MARINE LITTER  Single-use plastics make up about half of beach litter in Europe / Reducing consumption could curb large source of marine pollution / Regulations needed for long-term effectiveness / Seas At Risk report

12.12.2017 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  EuPC survey results on use of recycled plastic materials / Poor quality and unreliable supply key barriers / Price is primary incentive / Second survey in 2018

11.12.2017 MARINE LITTER  Port of Antwerp and companies sign pledge to collaborate on plastic pellet loss prevention

04.12.2017 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS  India struggles to deal with mountains of plastic waste / Nationwide restrictions follow tighter state-level rules for sale and disposal / World's largest jute producer discovers renewables

23.11.2017 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Consumer goods group Henkel participating in initiative against plastics waste in Haiti / Partnership with Plastic Bank

22.11.2017 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Oxo-biodegradable lobby responds to EMF's critical report / Packaging firms "care more about profits than the environment"

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