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February 15, 2022

WWF: marine plastic pollution irreversible, strategies needed beyond recycling

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) publishes principles for chemical recycling to avoid harming human health or goals for circular economy; should not compete with mechanical recycling, need transparency about resource consumption; prioritize reduction, reuse over recycling; WWF and Alfred Wegener Institute report on plastics’ impacts on oceans; plastic contamination is permanent; at least 2144 species affected, 99.8% of seabird species will eat plastics by 2050

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September 10, 2019

California modifies draft circular economy bill

State lawmakers adapt proposed legislation on single use packaging and recycling following stakeholder discussions, keep target for 75% recycling rate by 2030, add language regarding material neutral treatment and use of a stakeholder advisory panel

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April 26, 2019

FDA colloquium on in silico methods

Society of Toxicology and U.S. Food and Drug Administration host event on in silico testing methods; presentations focus on drivers for acceptance and treatment of uncertainties

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Events Panel discussion

Wege aus der Plastikkrise

Jane Muncke from the  Food Packaging Forum discusses plastic pollution, chemicals of concern in plastics and food packaging, and the global plastics treaty in expert panel (in German)

Events Webinar

Identifying chemicals and polymers of concern

Jane Muncke from the Food Packaging Forum presents on chemicals of concern in food packaging as part of a webinar dedicated to “identifying chemicals and polymers of concern” organized by the United Nations Environment Programme in preparation for the upcoming third negotiating session for the UN Global Plastics Treaty

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December 16, 2013

Cancer deaths at 8.2 million

Reuters reports on new International Agency for Research on Cancer report; finds breast cancer to increase sharply