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Deep inside the EU’s seven-year budget and recovery plan, which was approved on Friday 24 July, is a plastics’ waste levy of €800/tonne that comes into force in January 2021, despite the fact that insufficient recycling infrastructure exists throughout the EU.
The last meeting of the European Council ended with decisions that will have major implications for the plastics processing industry, writes Tomasz Mikulski, of ML Polyolefins.
How collaboration is key for moving toward a reusable packaging paradigm
When a crisis situation hits, it tests you. It somehow bonds you. To your colleague, your neighbour, your friends and family in other locations, the frontline workers you never met.
The European Union has launched a number of plans to help reduce our material and energy footprint, from CO2 emissions reduction plans to its Circular Economy Package. A key challenge for the industry is how to integrate these goals within their current operational contexts and future investment plans whilst at the same time maintaining competitiveness and delivering value to society.
As the styrenics value chain, we are well aware of the ways our material is central to every day life, from food contact to healthcare applications, from home insulation to child safety in the form of bicycle helmets
Plastic straws, balloons, bottle caps, bags – we've all become familiar with the images of marine debris and the beaches strewn with plastic waste that has washed up on shore. But what about fishing nets?
Plastics waste had a prominent place at this year's Davos gathering of business and political leaders, and at least for a few of the CEOs involved, there was some hope that the next decade could see real progress.
One of the top environmental debates currently raging throughout the world is whether or not to ban the use of plastics. Though many a headline or blog may read as such, that is not entirely true, for nearly every facet of society is reliant upon plastics.
Packaging waste in the UK is a major cause for concern which only continues to grow.
Conair has introduced two new powder loaders offering improved performance
Equipment suppliers to present a host of new technological innovations
The healthcare products sector, encom-passing pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers, has got off to a slow start in pursuing sustainability. This is in contrast to other sectors, such as automotive, electronics and consumer goods, where manufacturers have been active in areas such as recycling, lightweighting and the use of bioplastics