PACKAGING REGULATION

New EU rules on food-contact materials take effect in March / Purity and migration limits strengthened

PFAS

France seals new restrictions / US states set own drinking water standards

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

2024 Polymer Producers Awards: Voting open for plastics converters / ‘Commitment to the European market' as new criteria

ROMANIA

DRS introduction brings sizeable results / IT system key to success

MARINE LITTER

Plastics waste at EU coasts declining / Measures at various levels prove effective – report

AUTOMOTIVE

ELVR draft report: EU Parliament calls for lower recycled-content targets for cars / Associations concerned over impact on recycling innovation

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