A new report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Tuesday, February 8, local time, predicts that plastic pollution in the world's oceans will increase fourfold by 2050.
The study was conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germa...
On January 18, 2022, the European Commission launched a public consultation on a policy framework for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics.
In the European Commission's question and answer on SUPD in May last year, when asked whether biodegradable plastics were banned, it was made ...
Recently, Veolia China released news that L'Oréal and Veolia have partnered to offer new product packaging made of recycled plastic worldwide.
Veolia announced that it is supplying L'Oréal with high-quality recycled plastics for its global product packaging, reducing the carbon footprint of cos...
The packaging industry As part of the review of Ireland's Circular Economy Bill 2021, the All Party Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action has proposed clearer targets for the packaging industry and a greater focus on reduction and reuse, which may reflect the policies already in place....
The implementation of the EU SUP (single use plastic) directive banned the use of single-use plastics in shopping bags, disposable tableware and other areas, and did not make special treatment of biodegradable plastics. The implementation of the SUP Directive, European countries have different ...
South Korea plans to reduce plastic waste by reducing the production of plastic products and increasing the recycling rate, the Ministry of Environment announced on Dec. 24. By 2025, South Korea plans to reduce plastic waste by 20% and increase the recycling rate of used plastics to 70% from th...
WWF's ReSource: Plastic program reports that key members of the program have increased the use of recycled plastics from 7.8 percent in 2018 to 9.6 percent in 2020, with 124,000 tons of new recycled material used, or 273 million pounds. That's 273 million pounds.
These members include The Coca-...
"Will I be the only one who cares about the excessive amount of plastic waste from take-out?" Lauren Sweeney once asked herself this before she planned to promote recycled tableware.
"Would throwing them in the 'recyclables' bin be just a psychological relief? Is there a better s...
In recent years, with the global focus on green development, especially the Chinese government's major strategic decision to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, major companies have responded by promoting and laying out a comprehensive green transformation through their own...
In October 2021, UNEP released the report "From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marinelitter and plastic pollution" to the world. However, some comments of the report about biodegradable plastics and bio-based plastics may be controversial due to the angle and lack of compreh...
