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January 16, 2017

Strategies for a new plastics economy

New Plastics Economy initiative launches new report at World Economic Forum and presents 3 strategies for a more sustainable plastic packaging market: redesign & innovation, reuse, and recycling

Topics: circular economy, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

January 12, 2017

Conference on polyolefins

Annual summit on the future of polyolefins to take place on January 18-19, 2017 in Amsterdam

Topics: bioplastics, events, polyolefins, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

January 9, 2017

Conference on plastics recycling and recovery

IdentiPlast conference on recycling and recovery of plastics to take place on February 22-23, 2017 in Vienna

Topics: events, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 0 minutes

January 9, 2017

Plastics recycling show rescheduled

Plastic Recyclers Europe hosts the “Plastics Recycling Show” exhibition and conference on March 29-30, 2017 in Amsterdam

Topics: circular economy, events, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

January 9, 2017

Workshop on opaque and difficult to recycle PET

Petcore Europe hosts workshop on opaque and difficult to recycle PET containers and holds annual conference on February 1-2, 2017 in Brussels

Topics: events, PET, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

December 21, 2016

EU working group on FCMs: New meeting summary

EU Commission’s working group on FCMs discusses migration testing guidelines, 7^th amendment to plastic FCM regulation, mineral oil migration, authorization of recycling processes, and EFSA opinion on safety assessment of FCMs

Topics: DG SANTE, EFSA, European Commission, migration, mineral oils, recycling, regulation

Reading time: 3 minutes

December 12, 2016

P&P: Plastics track

Plastics track of Smithers Pira 2016 conference “Plastics & Paper in contact with foodstuffs” covers developments in sorting and recycling techniques, bioplastics, migration analysis, risk assessment of NIAS, and FCM packaging compliance

Topics: bioplastics, circular economy, FACET, nanomaterials, plastics, recycling, regulation, risk assessment

Reading time: 3 minutes

December 6, 2016

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 14^th meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 22, 2016

EU glass recycling rate climbs to 74%

European Container Glass Federation releases latest glass packaging recycling data; EU glass recycling rate reaches new high of 74%

Topics: glass, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 21, 2016

Plastic bottle recycling in the U.S. decreases slightly

Report by the Association of Plastic Recyclers and the American Chemistry Council shows that PET and HDPE bottle recycling in the U.S. dropped slightly in 2015, while PP bottle recycling increased by nearly 20%

Topics: PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

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