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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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California passes strictest plastics law in US, with EPR and recycling targets

The vote creates a system that could have a major impact on plastic packaging, setting a 65 percent recycling rate target and requiring companies to pay $500 million a year into an environmental cleanup fund.

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California lawmakers give early nod to massive EPR, plastics bill

A California legislative committee approved a large plastics pollution and extended producer responsiblity bill in a June 28 vote, clearing one hurdle to withdraw a plastics referendum on the state's November ballot.

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Canada moves to ban single-use plastics, limit chasing arrows symbol

Canada's government is going ahead with a long-discussed, legally enforceable ban on the manufacture and sale of six types of single-use plastics and is considering tighter rules on using the chasing arrows symbol.

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US EPA sharply tightens PFAS drinking water rules; ACC pushes polymer safety

EPA is dramatically lowering safe drinking water levels for four PFAS chemicals, by a factor of several thousand. It comes as the American Chemistry Council released a study that says that related fluoropolymers are safe.

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Greenpeace ends Walmart plastic recycling labeling lawsuit

Greenpeace has ended a high-profile lawsuit against Walmart over recyclability claims on its plastic packaging. But concerns over environmental marketing around plastics recycling continue.

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National parks to ban sale of single-use plastics

Responding to petitions from environmental groups, the Biden administration said June 8 that national parks will ban the sale of single-use plastics, with a 2032 deadline.

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OECD examines economic impact of plastics pollution policies

A new report from the OECD has some eye-catching analysis around a topic that doesn't usually get much attention in the plastic debates: What will be the economic impact of cleaning up plastic waste and pushing the industry in a more sustainable direction?

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Green investors see positives in plastics votes at Amazon, ExxonMobil

Advocates for plastics waste shareholder resolutions at big companies like Amazon, Phillips 66 and ExxonMobil see favorable votes as a sign of growing investor concern. Flexible packaging and microplastics could be the next topics.

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One-third of ExxonMobil shareholders back study on virgin plastics risks

A little more than one-third of ExxonMobil Corp. shareholders voted May 25 to urge the company to closely study its financial risks if society makes rapid moves away from single-use plastics and virgin resin.

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Nearly 200 countries commit to creating plastics pollution treaty

The countries at a United Nations environment forum formally agreed March 2 to move ahead on a broad plastics pollution treaty that could have a big impact on how plastics are regulated.

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UN talks ‘very close' to agreement on plastics treaty

Talks on a potential plastics pollution treaty are in the home stretch at a United Nations Environment Assembly meeting in Kenya. Negotiators expect to finish March 2.

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California adopts first microplastics strategy in US

A state agency in California is out with the first microplastics reduction strategy in the U.S. It includes some plastics bans and tougher enforcement around pellet leaks, as well as calls for more work on other sources like tires and synthetic clothing.

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Global plastics treaty will rely on national plans

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are expected to agree on broad outlines of a global plastics pollution treaty at a U.N. meeting in early March. But beyond that, specific impacts will depend on how nations implement any new accord.

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Cargo ship line CMA CGM says it will stop moving plastic scrap

Large ocean freight firm CMA CGM will stop transporting plastic waste worldwide over environmental concerns. The French company is reportedly the largest shipper of scrap plastic from the United States.

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Will a global plastics treaty attract investments in sustainability?

Investment funds backed by the plastics industry, along with some large financial firms, see the possibility for a U.N. plastics treaty to speed investment in green technologies.

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