The U.S. government said June 8 it will phase out the sale of plastic water bottles and other single-use products in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, aiming to completely eradicate a major source of environmental pollution.
An order issued June 8 by U.S. Interior Secr...
UK-based sustainable packaging company Frugalpac has won its first customer for a paper bottle machine used to make Frugal bottles - the world's first and only commercial wine, spirits and olive oil bottles made from recycled paper.
Canad...
June 8 is the 14th World Oceans Day. The theme of this year's Ocean Day is "Protecting Marine Ecosystems, Harmonious Coexistence between People and Nature".
To protect marine ecosystems, we cannot get around the problem of marine plastic pollution. As a special product of human activi...
Recently Dutch sustainable chemicals company Relement raised €1 million in a seed round to expand its startup product bio MPA. the investment will also be used for pre-commercial trials with selected leading coating resin customers.
Relement, a subsidiary of the Netherlands Organization for App...
Last year the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released the report Assessment of Agricultural Plastics and Their Sustainability: A Call for Action, which presents the results of a global study of the different value chains in which This report presents the results of a study o...
Demand for cellulose-based solutions appears promising due to increased environmental awareness, the impending ban on single-use plastic products, especially in Europe, and restrictions and labeling on products containing plastic fibers.
The market, and in particular retailers, are looking for ...
The millions of tons of plastic swimming in the world's oceans has attracted a lot of media attention. The latest report shows that plastic pollution may pose a more serious threat to terrestrial plants and animals, including humans, than its impact on the oceans.
Every day, only a tiny fractio...
Packaging is everywhere. Most packaging consumes considerable resources and energy during production and transportation. Even to produce one ton of cardboard packaging, which many consumers see as "greener", requires at least 17 trees, 300 liters of oil, 26,500 liters of water and 46,000 k...
Body wash, face wash, shampoo ...... we use every day in the daily chemical products, but hidden microplastics? Recently, the Plastic Soup Foundation released its latest report, "Microplastics - The Hidden Ingredient in Everyday Products" (hereinafter referred to as the report), which anal...
Recently, the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) (hereinafter referred to as IPEN) published a series of studies that reveal the difficulties countries encounter in achieving a safe plastics recycling economy. Studies show that countries cannot safely deal with the constant and diver...
