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recycling
January 13, 2016
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers substances tetraethyl orthosilicate and hexamethyldisilazane safe for use in recycled PET intended for contact with all types of foodstuffs
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January 11, 2016
Petcore Europe hosts workshop on tracers in plastic packaging to optimize sorting in February 2016 in Brussels
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December 22, 2015
Spain authorizes use of recycled PET and other polymers in food contact materials under certain conditions
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December 8, 2015
Plastic food contact industry meets to discuss plastics recycling, NIAS, risk assessment and chemicals of concern in FCMs
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December 2, 2015
European Commission adopts new Circular Economy Package; strategy on plastic recyclability, biodegradability, and presence of hazardous chemicals proposed
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December 1, 2015
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers post-consumer PET recycling process ‘General Plastic’ insufficiently safe for food contact materials
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November 30, 2015
European Parliament passes non-binding resolution banning the recycling of plastics containing phthalate DEHP
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November 13, 2015
European Container Glass Federation publishes latest industry data on glass packaging recycling; EU wide recycling rate reaches record 73%
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October 27, 2015
Report by Petcore Europe on post-consumer PET recycling suggests that 57% of PET bottles and containers placed on European market in 2014 were collected and recycled
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October 26, 2015
Danish researchers detect chemicals of concern in food packaging made from recycled paper and board; push for EU-wide regulation of paper and board food contact materials
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