STYROLUTION

First PS products to contain post-consumer recycled material are launched

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

US canned soup maker to phase out BPA / Concerns about the impact of French legislation

ARTENIUS

New PET packaging contains up to 50% recycled content / Matches virgin PET

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

FDA amends DEHP plasticiser regulations for bottled water

ECOLOGIC

“Eco-One” organic additive for polyolefins approved for food contact applications in Brazil / Distribution agreement in Mexico

SCHÜTZ

New IBC plant inaugurated in Northern China

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

EU bans PC baby bottles from 2011 / Health groups delighted, PlasticsEurope “disturbed”

BASF

Orange pigment developed for engineering plastics / Versatile additive will be demonstrated at “K2010”

MVR

USD 9.2m recycled plastics plant to be built in Kentucky / Efficiency improvement

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

New PC blend for medical technology applications

COMMENT

What's at stake in the BPA “wars”?

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

FDA finally speaks on BPA / “Some concern" about effects / More US studies planned / PlasticsEurope warns about possible, "not well-founded" worries among consumers