PFAS

UN declares DuPont and Chemours violated human rights for contaminating water / EPA sets new drinking water standards

HUMANITARIAN AID

Global initiative issues recommendations for plastics packaging use

EDITORIAL

Who gives a hoot about climate? / UN conference without, then with fossil fuel phase-out

AFRICA

Charity seeks to halt flow of plastics trash across sub-Saharan Africa / Group wants UN treaty to protect low-income areas

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Third round talks end with little progress / Next meeting to be held in Ottawa

AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS

Reuse, recycling rates must be expanded to make farming more sustainable / Biodegradable plastics an option – report

PLASTIC BANK

CEO wants plastics waste rated as a ‘resource' in UN treaty / Shift could change behaviour / Groups stop equivalent of 4 bn bottles from reaching ocean

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Slow going for UN plastics treaty / Draft to be completed by November / Select countries push for national autonomy

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

Recycling plastic leads to increased toxicity in material – Greenpeace report / Recycled plastics vectors for spreading chemicals of concern – Cambridge study / BPF response

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

UN Plastics Treaty: companies tackling pollution form alliance to better inform policymakers

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

UN plastics treaty: Sides stake out positions ahead of talks / Next INC-2 round in Paris / Legal issues could hound industry / Big investors call on companies to reduce use of plastics

UN PLASTICS WASTE TREATY

First meeting on global rules reveals discord / 50-country bloc demands lower resin output, bans for some grades / Industry role in negotiations criticised / Next talks due in May

PLASTICS AND CLIMATE

Plastics under attack at COP27 / UN agencies blame materials for waste, climate change / Official says, 'The future is not plastic'

US PLASTICS RECYCLING

Greenpeace calls most plastics unrecyclable / Group says 2021 US reclaim rate below 5% / US plastics association calls claims “irresponsible”

PETROCHEMICALS USA

Bloomberg-backed anti-pollution campaign takes aim at US petchem expansion / Plastics industry fires back / EPA launches environmental justice office

ENERGY

Call for windfall tax on oil and gas profits to boost renewables spending / Cut in consumption, more investment needed to address energy crisis / UN report

LOGISTICS

Possible strikes at German airports as recession looms / Ground crew walkout heaps pressure on air freight / Water levels on rivers continue to fall / Trend for container freight rates varied

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Indonesia's museum of plastics waste

PLASTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY

US trade organisation's report says plastics have lower environmental impact over lifecycle than other materials

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Call for global pact to tackle marine pollution / Costs on society from plastics production to hit EUR 6 tn in 2040 / WWF report

TRADE FAIRS

Spain's “Equiplast” to be held in Barcelona / Recreation of recycling plant at the show

FORMOSA PLASTICS

US Gulf “Sunshine Project” delayed again / Charges of “environmental racism”

MARINE LITTER

Nordic officials call for less plastics pollution / Report proposes UN treaty to benefit businesses

PLASTICS WASTE

New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE

"European Plastics Pact" launches / Targets include better life cycle management of packaging and disposables / EuPC sees difficulties and refuses to join