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01.12.2016 WALMART  US retailer urges suppliers to optimise packaging design, improve recyclability and remove hazchems / Sustainable packaging priorities outlined in new guidance document

29.11.2016 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Much work still needed in UK, paper says / Extended Producer Responsibility is key / Packaging waste cleanup costs exceed GBP 100m annually in England / All parts of supply chain must work together

28.11.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Plastic bag litter on UK beaches nearly halves in 2016 / Plastic bottle debris rises / MSC annual survey

24.11.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Italy's Assocomaplast joins "Operation Clean Sweep" / Trade group pledges to reduce plastic waste from processing

17.11.2016 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  New EnCO2re partnership to promote commercialisation of CO2 conversion / Industrial and academic teams / Climate-KIC and Covestro at the forefront

17.11.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  California passes statewide ban on single-trip plastic bags / Environment fund rejected

26.10.2016 ASSOCIATIONS  PlasticsEurope, EuPC and PRE launch “Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform” / Multi-stakeholder group to increase recycling efforts and meet Circular Economy targets

25.10.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  WPC general assembly meeting at “K 2016” / Focus on Asia / Recognition by UN hits a snag / Reliance and Daelim decide to join

25.10.2016 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW  World Plastics Council: PIE talks to China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation chairman Li Shousheng / "Plastics pollution is a big issue in China" / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Legislative efforts underway

18.10.2016 LIDL UK  Banishing 5p bags and throwaway mindset / German parent bans standard plastic bags

10.10.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Marine Litter: More plastics in the Pacific than thought / Ocean Cleanup completes first aerial survey

03.10.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  California vote to decide the future of thin-bag ban / Plastics industry mobilised against it

28.09.2016 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Oceans summit in Washington focuses on marine litter / Obama's plans for worldwide plastic bag ban not considered / Dow pledges USD 2.8m to aid solutions

15.09.2016 REACH  ECHA proposes six new chemicals for SVHC list

31.08.2016 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  ECHA verifying classification of white pigment as "a likely carcinogenic" / German industry calls approach “unfounded and inappropriate”

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