ITALY

Conip and Unionplast sign cooperation deal / Move paves way for intergration of Conip's members into Unionplast

RECYCLING USA

California plastic packaging law takes shape / All packaging must be recyclable or compostable by 2032 / Producers face extended responsibility rules

PLASTICS WASTE

Shipments now subject to "prior informed consent" through EU's new digital tracking system / Transitional period for green-listed waste / Germany, UK Europe's largest plastics waste exporters

EU POLICY

Tariff pact with US signed / 15% duties, safeguards and 2029 sunset clause define EUR 1.7 tn deal

UK

Environment Agency launches investigation into illegal waste dump site / 30,000 t of material dumped on site of scientific interest

USA

EPA to regulate 15 uses of 1,2-dichloroethane / 'Unreasonable risk to workers' cited for most applications studied

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Operation Clean Sweep reports global progress / Data gaps cloud pellet loss picture

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

PPWR: Federal government rejects VerpackDG amendments proposed by Bundesrat

EU-US TRADE

Trump moves trade deal deadline up to 4 July / EU's first Trilogue ends without consensus

PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION

CEOs urge EU to delay PPWR enforcement / Industry and NGOs clash over implementation timeline

PLASTICS TAX GERMANY

Policy reversal amid empty coffers: federal government plans to impose levy on distributors of plastic packaging after all

REACH

European Commission delays revision of chemicals regulation again / VCI welcomes pause

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

Polymer Producers Awards suspended / Instability renders balanced assessment 'impossible', says grouping

RECYCLING AUSTRIA

Plastics tax: Levy on non-recyclable packaging scrapped

PLASTIC PACKAGING

European standard defines design-for-recycling requirements / Basis for future PPWR criteria

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

OECD flags chemical safety gaps in recycled plastics / Existing standards offer only partial coverage of chemical risks

FORCES MAJEURES

French association Elipso accuses polymer producers of speculative price hikes amid Middle East crisis

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

Bundesrat calls for amendments to PPWR / Implementation remains uncertain

MARINE LITTER UK

Activist group ‘names and shames' biggest pollution offenders / Nine of worst 12 brands are ‘giant plastics polluters' / BPF challenges report's production figures

PORTUGAL

Launch of national deposit return system for beverage packaging