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Steve Toloken

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Toloken has been News Editor/International for Plastics News since 2014. He helps host and produce the Plastics News Radio podcasts, and since late 2016, has handled coverage of politics and policy from a home office near Washington, D.C. From 2008 to 2014, he was a staff reporter for PN in Guangzhou, China, covering the industry throughout Asia. In 2006-07, he lived in Hong Kong and contributed on a freelance basis. From 1997 to 2006, he served as PN's Washington reporter. He is a journalism graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Before joining Plastics News, he worked at the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., and as a freelance journalist for the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill.

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NPE2021 cancelled as in-person event

The NPE2021 show, the biggest plastics fair in North America, is canceling the in-person portion of the show scheduled for May in Florida because of the coronavirus pandemic, the organiser announced 5 Jan.

Eastman joins pellet spill reporting, NGO targets broader effort

Eastman Chemical Co. will begin public reporting on spills of resin pellets, becoming the sixth plastics manufacturer to do so after reaching an agreement with shareholder activist group As You Sow.

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PET recycling rate drops but NAPCOR sees potential for turnaround

The U.S. recycling rate for PET bottles dropped in 2019, but the PET sector's trade group points to signs that could lead to a turnaround, including support of container deposit systems.

Investment banks buy recycler PureCycle, plan to take it public

Two investment banks are buying polypropylene recycler PureCycle Technologies and taking it public in a $1.2 billion deal they said will provide funding for a rapid expansion of the chemical recycling firm.

Report sees challenges, gains in greening packaging

As major consumer product companies rethink how they use plastic packaging, a new report points to changes, including much less growth in resin consumption, more recycled content and a push to eliminate hard-to-recycle items and plastics.

Plastics industry ponders what Biden administration will mean for legislation

With media outlets across the political spectrum declaring Joe Biden the winner of the presidential race Nov. 7, the political impact for the plastics industry got a little clearer.

Report: Consumer brands must accelerate work to meet 2025 goals

Consumer product companies will need a "substantial acceleration" of progress around sustainability of their plastic packaging to meet targets they've set for 2025, according to a new report from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Study challenges ocean plastic assumptions; US a major source of pollution

Researchers in marine plastics pollution say the U.S. ranks high among nations responsible for plastics debris, revising their previous study that some had interpreted to place the blame more on five countries in Asia.

Nordic nations claim global support for plastics treaty

A group of Nordic nations kicked off a campaign Oct. 19 for a global treaty to regulate plastics, comparing it to efforts to build international agreements around climate change, biodiversity and toxic chemicals.

DOE awards $27M for plastics recycling research

Washington — The U.S. Department of Energy announced Oct. 16 that it is providing $27 million in grants to 12 projects to support plastics recycling.

Industry, businesses and consumers call for UN treaty on plastic pollution

More than 30 companies, among whom several plastics companies, as well as environmental groups and governments have issued a call for a new global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.

Alpla to invest $17.7M in Mexico HDPE recycling plant

Packaging manufacturer Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG is investing €15 million ($17.7 million) in a high-density polyethylene recycling plant in Mexico, adding to a portfolio of HDPE recycling operations it bought in 2019.

OECD adopts plastic scrap trade rules

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Sept. 11 it's adopted plastic waste management rules that it called "partial progress" on dealing with exporting of scrap within its 37 member nations.

Plastic food wrappers dethrone cigarette butts as world's top marine litter

For the first time in more than 30 years, food wrappers, many made of plastics, have replaced cigarette butts as the most littered item on the world's beaches and waterways, according to an environmental group that coordinates a prominent cleanup.

Alliance to End Plastic Waste hits $400M investment target, outlines future targets

The industry-funded Alliance to End Plastic Waste and its members have invested at least $400 million of their $1.5 billion commitment in environmental projects since forming early last year, according to a Sept. 2 progress report from the group.

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