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plastics
April 4, 2017
Opinion article discusses importance of ingredient transparency for safe consumer products in the circular economy; calls on European Commission to provide effective legal requirements
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March 22, 2017
EU research project Polymark releases video presenting its new technology enabling identification and sorting of plastic packaging and consequently improving plastic recycling
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March 20, 2017
Soft drink companies have limited commitment to reducing single-use plastic bottles, increasing recycled content in PET bottles, considering PET bottles’ contribution to ocean pollution, according to new Greenpeace report
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March 17, 2017
Scientists measure antimony in plastic consumer products; find antimony in food trays, straws, and single-use drink bottles; presence attributed to its use as a catalyst in PET
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March 14, 2017
Cutlery, bags, cups, and other single-use plastic items banned in Dehli, India by National Green Tribunal; ban sparked by concern over air and ocean pollution
Topics: plastics
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February 28, 2017
United Nations Environment Programme launches global campaign to eliminate ocean plastic pollution; calls on governments, industry, and consumer to take action and reduce plastic use
Topics: microplastics, plastics
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February 27, 2017
Petcore Europe annual conference looks at opportunities and challenges for PET in the circular economy; conference proceedings now available
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February 20, 2017
EU research project Polymark presents new polymer sorting technology in workshop to take place on March 15, 2017 in Brussels
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February 20, 2017
EU Commission’s working group on FCMs discusses ex-post evaluation of FCM framework regulation, supply chain survey, EU measure on printed FCMs, plastic recycling, and monitoring of mineral oils in food and FCMs
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February 20, 2017
DG SANTE’s technical expert group for FCMs discusses plastic recycling, ex-post evaluation of FCM framework regulation, supply chain survey, and EU measure on printed FCMs
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