PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Technology giant Google unveils plastics recycling report / Investments of over USD 500 bn may be needed to slash waste / "Plastics circularity gap and mismanagement"

MARINE LITTER

Waste collection on Indian river supported by Finnish companies / EUR 600,000 funding from Huhtamaki

PLASTICS AND TOURISM

UNEP-WTTC report: Travel industry must rethink SUP use / Call for private-public cooperation

CHINA

EUR 364m loan from World Bank to improve plastics waste management / Project centred on Ningbo and Chongqing

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

WTO's Informal Dialogue group seeks to address plastics trade data gaps / Talks on transparency, international cooperation / Trade and environment committee discusses climate change, sustainability

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Education in exchange for waste plastic

MARINE LITTER

UNEP partners with Google to counter plastics pollution / Project based on machine learning for Asian rivers

MARINE LITTER

New technologies to play key role in addressing waterway pollution / Key principle is preventing wastewater contamination at source / UNEP report

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

UNEP launches circular economy coalition for Latin America and the Caribbean

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Second Ellen MacArthur progress report / Accelerated efforts needed to meet 2025 goals / Call for action on recycling, reduction, international cooperation

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

UNEP calls on investors to back circular economy / More scrutiny of potential clients in financial industry's own interest / Plastics suppliers play important role / Pandemic has sent “mixed signals”

ALPLA

New HPDE recycling plant in Mexico to open in H2 2021

L'OREAL

Pledge to use 100% recycled or bio-based plastics / Group consumed 140,000 t of polymers in 2018

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

NGO report criticises brand owners and retailers for failing to address waste crisis / Study cites lack of corporate leadership

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Global tourism initiative to tackle plastics waste / Organisations must commit to several targets by 2025 / UNEP and EMF collaboration

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

German government launches plastic bag ban / Recycling association rejects plans / Japan wants to lower consumption

ALPLA

Austrian packaging group acquires two HDPE recycling plants in Spain / Plans for capacity expansion

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Costa Rica bans EPS containers / Violations can cost up to USD 7,600

PROCTER & GAMBLE

Consumer goods group plans to save over 300,000 t of virgin plastics per year by 2030 / Up to 50% recyclate used in detergent bottles so far

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Early progress being made to eliminate problem packaging / Accelerated efforts needed to reach 2025 targets / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP progress report

ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE

Jacob Duer to head global programme / Commitments amount to roughly 1% of members' earnings

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

UN establishes global plastics waste prevention group / Marine litter reduction the goal

EVENTS

Collaborations on recycled plastics, bio-based materials and technologies / Consumers and legislation causing companies to rethink old ideas / First "Plastic Free World" conference

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Coca-Cola and other major brands disclose plastic packaging production figures / Businesses across value chain commit to reducing plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP report

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

East African litter turned into seaworthy boat