PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

PepsiCo and Mondelez agree to cut use of virgin plastics for packaging / As You Sow withdraws shareholder proposals filed with US giants

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 PACKAGING

Technology constraints drag on growth of mono-material films / Asia-Pacific dominates global market / PP fastest growing polymer / Smithers report

MARINE LITTER

Study proposes comprehensive strategy to tackle ocean plastics / Elimination of many single-use and non-recyclable products needed / Actions to curb pollution

CHINA

Ban on single-use plastics starting in 2020 / Production of household items containing microbeads to end this year

RECYCLING UK

Deposit return system for plastic bottles could slash waste seeping into marine environment / Common Seas report

NESTE JACOBS

New olefin cracking technology development with Coolbrook