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The circular future for plastic and packaging

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This week: Christopher Layton, director of circular policy strategy at Eastman, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the development of circular economy models for plastics and packaging. They discussed the potential for regional circularity and the regulatory approach that might help.

Plus: final approval for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; University of Cambridge study shows brightly coloured plastic products are up to 20% less likely to be recycled; US Farm Bill passed focusing on climate, nutrition and agricultural resilience; the Sun Cable project in Australia becomes the world’s largest renewable energy project; China projected to rely solely on recycled materials for electric vehicles in 15 years, according to the Contemporary Amperex Technology; and, the Science Based Targets initiative updates criteria for climate target-setting in the financial sector, in the news digest.

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