SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

Back to the Plastic Future: Trump set to reverse Biden's SUP ban

PFAS

Lawsuit wants Chemours fined for discharges overshoot / Quo vadis EPA?

PFAS

Investigation unveils eye-popping cost of cleaning forever chemicals' pollution in Europe / “Lobbyists conduct disinformation to water down EU proposal to ban PFAS”

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

‘Trump 2.0' will see major changes in climate legislation / ACC staffers return to EPA

UK

Lawmakers vote in favour of DRS for England, Northern Ireland / Tomra set to grab biggest piece of emerging market / Reform to aid Recycling Roadmap targets

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach

PACKAGING UK

Provisional fee schedule for EPR scheme announced / Plastic packaging tops league table

WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY

Tübingen sets precedent: Konstanz and Freiburg also levying tax on disposable packaging / McDonald's loses legal fight

EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION

PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging

POM

China imposes provisional punitive tariffs on imports from EU, US, Japan, and Taiwan

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

Nine PFAS added to TRI list; draft evaluations of phthalates published / EPA prepares for presidential handover

PLASTICS WASTE

Thailand launches ban on plastics waste imports / Brazil amends solid waste policy to enact similar ban

SWEDEN

Deposit on PET, aluminium beverage packaging raised

PVC

Brussels, London confirm tariffs on PVC born in US / European supply to ease with Czech closure

TITANIUM DIOXIDE

European Commission imposes definitive punitive tariffs on TiO2 from China / Industry voices disappointment

BISPHENOL-A

EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months

WORLD PLASTICS COUNCIL

President Benny Mermans elected for second term

GLOBAL TRADE

US president-elect proposes tariff hikes for Brazil

PLASTIC BAGS

Croatia introduces fee for thin plastic bags

GLOBAL TRADE

EU agrees major trade deal with Mercosur / Opportunities for EU manufacturers to increase exports of automotive parts, chemicals