PACKAGING RECYCLING

Report highlights value of recovering small plastics from recycling streams / Investment essential

AMAZON

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

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

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

US retail giants CVS, Target and Walmart launch bag redesign initiative / USD 15m commitment

PET

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