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July 20, 2017
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online
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July 18, 2017
Coca-Cola European Partners launches new sustainable packaging strategy in the UK; aims to increase content of recycled PET in bottles, promote recycling
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July 17, 2017
EFSA considers PET made from recycling processes ‘Veroniki Ecogrup SRL,’ ‘Märkische Faser,’ and ‘PEGRA-V’ safe for use in food contact articles under certain conditions
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July 17, 2017
Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on FCMs now available online
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June 28, 2017
EU Commission launches public consultation on policy options to reduce microplastics entering the oceans; consultation open to all citizens until October 16, 2017
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June 27, 2017
European Plastics Converters Association launches survey on recycled plastics use in Europe; survey open to all European plastic converters until end of September 2017
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June 15, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘EREMA Recycling (MPR, Basic and Advanced technologies)’ safe for use in food contact articles under certain conditions
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June 15, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘Alimpet’ safe for use in food trays and containers intended for contact with all types of foodstuffs, except packaged water
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June 13, 2017
EU-industry partnership grants funding to industry consortium working on the advancement and commercial availability of PEF, a bio-based alternative packaging material to PET
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June 12, 2017
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘Coexpan Deutschland’ safe for use in food trays and containers; recycled PET articles not to be used for packaging water
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