MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s maquiladora industry says it will press for amendments to a far reaching tax law approved by senators in late October two weeks after its successful passage through the lower house of Congress.
A German packaging trade group is criticizing media reports that highlight problems related to plastic bag disposal.
Voters in Durango, Colo., have repealed an ordinance to put a 10-cent fee on plastic bags.
A manufacturer of food-grade polystyrene foam containers has agreed to pay a $192,000 fine for alleged air emission violations.
The European Commission has announced its proposal for reducing the use of lightweight plastic carrier bags in the Europe Union, which gives EU member states the freedom to choose the measures they find most appropriate, including charges, national reduction targets or a ban under certain conditions.
Voters in Issaquah, Wash., will have an opportunity to repeal the city’s plastic bag ban in early 2014.
Recycling of PET beverage containers jumped during the first decade of this century, but so did the amount of those containers that ended up being wasted, according to a new study.
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY — The U.S. plastics industry has nearly recovered to pre-recession levels, and is enjoying a strong trade surplus thanks in large part to the resin sector.
Members of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CoR) has called for a ban plastic bags being sent to landfill sites, in a bid to boost recycling.
QUERÉTARO, MEXICO — Critics fear a controversial tax reform bill being debated in Mexico's Congress will make Mexican export manufacturing and assembly less competitive and discourage future foreign direct investment, if passed.
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