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Plastics companies selling products and materials in the European Union will have to check whether they are using certain ingredients which have been placed on an EU list of substances of potentially very high concern regarding damage to the environment and human health. 30 January 2012

The European Commission (EC) is concerned that France has incorrectly implemented the definition of packaging and packaging waste in its national law, as required by EU waste legislation. 30 January 2012

For the next three weeks, the latest phase of the Red Tape Challenge will focus on more than 120 regulations and enforcement processes that businesses deal with on a daily basis. 26 January 2012

Dow Chemical has won a $76m settlement from Nova Chemicals in a legal conflict over enhanced polyethylene resins. 26 January 2012

Manufacturers and distributors across a broad range of industries that sell into the EU face “significant” extra costs under new proposals to nearly triple the number of banned chemicals. 24 January 2012

A manufacturer of plastic bubble wrap for the packaging industry has been hit with fines totalling £9,700 after a worker lost three fingers in an industrial accident. 23 January 2012

A plastics firm that manufactures cases for DVDs, CDs and computer games has admitted to a serious breach of safety regulations which led to an employee losing a finger in unguarded machinery. 23 January 2012

D S Smith Packaging has admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work after a worker was seriously injured at a plant in Lincolnshire. 20 January 2012

The Canadian maker of Mega Bloks has gone to federal court to stop the US Customs and Border Protection from blocking the importation of its construction toys based on the popular Halo video game – a complaint it says was lodged by Lego Group. 20 January 2012

An experienced technician at a plastic products factory in Cornwall was killed after he was crushed between the plates on a machine used to make plastic lids. 18 January 2012

Former Dow Chemical scientist Wen Chyu Liu has been sentenced to five years in jail for selling information on production of Tyrin-brand chlorinated polyethylene to Chinese firms. 17 January 2012

Three plastic pipe system manufacturers, two of them leading European players, are suspected of being part of a price fixing cartel operating in Hungary. 17 January 2012

The European Commission has published the results of its consultation on the use of plastic bags and the replies make for disturbing reading. 11 January 2012

Cardia Bioplastics has won a contract for a six-month trial to supply household kitchen waste bags made from its Biohybrid material to the city of Nanjing, China. 19 December 2011

Proposals for tougher packaging recycling targets that will stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill by 2017 have been announced by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman. 19 December 2011

• Plastics recycler seeks cross-party support for industry 1 February 2012
• ECO Plastics wraps up a £1.15m investment 2 February 2012
• Dow earnings hurt by Performance Plastics unit 3 February 2012
• Petainer’s ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle 2 February 2012
• Door opens to natural fibres in PUR 3 February 2012

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• Eastman buys Solutia for $3.4bn 30 January 2012
• Welsh plastics recycler in administration 3 February 2012
• British Vita sells its Elian business for €48m 31 January 2012
• Superfos doing a super job for RPC Group 30 January 2012
• Dow additive keeps PC from scratching 1 February 2012

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