PlasticsEurope supports the overarching objective of the “Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment” presented today by the European Commission, namely to reduce marine litter in our seas.

EuPC regrets to read that the European Commission has put forward today the proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, that mainly targets so-called “single use plastics” and fishing gear, especially in the context of the ...

The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. (German Association for Plastics Packaging and Films) rejects the proposed ban on selected plastic products announced today by the EU Commission. “With its far-reaching Plastics Strategy, announced at the start of the year, the ...

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.

Talking to hundreds of suppliers at an Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) event today Tesco pledged to: Remove, reduce and redesign packaging materials and their useImprove recovery and recycling, ideally working with government on a national recycling infrastructureWork ...

At the invitation of ECC Ecological Cleaning and Care GmbH, part of the Werner & ...

Co-op will become the first UK retailer to launch a deposit and return scheme (DRS) ...

From Pattex to Perwoll, the packaging for over 1.2 billion consumer products made by ...

The objective of the UK Plastics Pact, which was presented yesterday in London, is to keep plastic away from nature, and to keep it in the economy as long as possible. Great Britain is taking the global lead with the unique initiative of turning the plastic economy into a circular ...

Alongside WWF, SUEZ commits to WWF France's ‘Reinventing cities’ initiative. It aims to accelerate the reduction of cities and regions’ environmental footprints through sustainable resource management.