IRPLAST

Italian film producer installs additional Brückner line / Production start slated for November

AMAZON

Online retailer joins Bottle recycling consortium / US-backed plastics waste think tank to seek chemical recycling solutions

AMCOR

Opening of European innovation center / Belgium-based facility features material science, packaging design

AMAZON

Online mail order company dispenses with plastic packaging in Europe

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK

As Wales' ban kicks off, packaging firms question commitment to police restrictions across England

LOGISTICS

Truck transport to become more expensive in Germany from December / New toll based on carbon emissions

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

How to sell more PVC

INTERVIEW

Digital network for circular plastics: Founders of start-up Polytopoly, Marine Charrier and Edouard Garreau, talk to PIE about the challenges on the European market, the state of France's recycling culture

AMAZON

Retail giant enters US energy department reclaim consortium / Work to focus on materials, energy-efficient recycling

PACKAGING AND E-COMMERCE

Online retail giant Amazon to reduce plastic packaging in Germany / French postal service selects reusable plastic bags

MEDICAL PLASTICS

Demand for small, light-weight, recyclable goods to make plastics popular / Industry set for 6% annual growth / Frost & Sullivan studies

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Shareholder votes force changes at energy and plastics majors / As You Sow and a fledgling environmentalist hedge fund provide a leg up / Court in The Hague orders Shell to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

AMAZON

Shareholders vote down proposal on plastic packaging report / CEO Bezos says he's proud of climate-change related work

WALMART

World's largest retailer to cut virgin plastic in packaging by 2025 / Company yields to push by environmental group

AMAZON

Shareholders pressure retail giant to reveal details on plastic packaging / Board of directors against proposal

PACKAGING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Brand owners lead the way in renewable packaging / Giants McDonalds and Amazon have a long way to go / Smaller firms offer innovative alternative solutions

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

As You Sow files shareholder proposals with 10 consumer goods giants to reduce plastics use / Call for sustained commitments / Urgent new findings from EMF report

CORONAVIRUS

Companies should act now to shock-proof their supply chains / McKinsey report

PET

Over 300 attendees at latest Petcore Europe conference / Agreement that EU's SUP directive focuses too much on plastics

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

German department store chain Karstadt Kaufhof to abolish plastic bags / Amazon heads a different way / Aldi products will not contain microplastics in future

PACKAGING

Global e-commerce growth drives packaging innovations / Integrated smart technologies could benefit customers and companies / Smithers Pira report

EU PLASTICS STRATEGY

European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban single-use plastics by 2021 / EU "paving the way for the rest of the world" / EuPC and PlasticsEurope criticise outcome

AMAZON

Change in packaging could impact US flexible plastics sector / Environmental concerns drive transition / Partnership with P&G on laundry detergent packaging

TOY INDUSTRY

Mattel reports loss / Hasbro warns of weak Christmas business / Bankruptcy of Toys"R"Us weighs heavily on toy manufacturers

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

All good things must come to an end