The Italian legislature has issued a draft decree and accompanying report that will translate the EU Directive on Single Use Plastics 2019/904 (SUPD) into Italian law. On September 21, representatives of environmental protection associations, industrialists and consortia held a hearing. On September...
Lawmakers in California, the United States, are very concerned about the packaging of take-out food. They passed several bills that will have a significant impact on the food packaging pattern of restaurants across the state. Several bills that will revolutionize food packaging in resta...
PlasticsEurope announced on September 9 that it supports the European Commission (EC) proposal on a mandatory EU recycling content target for plastic packaging, and called for the target to be set at 30% by 2030.
The trade association said it “welcomes” the proposed amendments to the Packaging and ...
Waitrose announced further reductions in disposable plastic bags.
Waitrose's goal is to eliminate single-use plastic bags through store storage and delivery, reducing 40 million single-use plastic bags every year.
Waitrose will remove the 10-pence "daily bag" and replace it with a 50-pence...
Author: Vikram Bhanushali, President of the Indian Compostable Polymer Association (ICPA)
India's single-use plastic (SUP) packaging is growing exponentially. The report estimates that India’s packaging consumption has doubled in the past ten years, from 4.3 kg per person per year to 8.6 kg. It is d...
The state of Queensland, Australia, has officially banned the use of disposable plastic products, including plastic straws, mixing spoons, plastic tableware, and disposable take-out boxes and cups made of polystyrene foam. Only a small number of items with special medical care needs can be exempted.
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The Slovenian government decided to ban the sale of single-use plastic products, with a few exceptions. The relevant regulations passed at the communication meeting on August 18 (Wednesday) also stipulate the labeling of certain disposable plastic items and their packaging to raise awareness of...
In India, the revision of existing plastic waste regulations has caused strong protests from the country's plastics industry.
Industry representatives sought the possibility of delaying the implementation of the proposed measures on the grounds of the economic recession caused by the new crown ...
On August 5, the Italian Council passed the European Parliament's Single-use Plastics Act (SUP Directive) on reducing environmental impact and approved the implementation of the SUP Directive.
The directive aims to prevent and reduce the environmental impact of certain plastic products by introducing...
A new study published in Science by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany believes that at the current rate of emissions, global plastics may have irreversible effects. At present, the solutions provided by various countries are not enough, and the problem of plastic pollution must be sol...
