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Towards plastic resourcing

By Antoine FREROT

The decision of the Chinese government to ban imports of plastic waste as early as January 2018 is having a

By Karmenu VELLA

Europe had a remarkable demonstration of this recently, with the successful testing of a 3D printer in zero gravity conditions, on

By Jyrki KATAINEN

On 16 January the European Commission adopted the first ever Europe-wide Plastics Strategy. It is an important milestone for our agenda

By Alfred STERN

By Mark DEMESMAEKER

Plastic is a valuable and important material, but is has some significant drawbacks. In the current linear plastics economy, plastics are

By Bernard PINATEL

Total’s ambition for 2035 is to be the responsible energy major. In practical terms, that means providing energy that is

By Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA

Some products take a few seconds to make, a minute to be consumed and centuries to disappear from our environment.

Looking at post-war commercials praising a whole range of plastic products, one might wonder why, 60 years later, plastic is more often depicted