New Zealand banned the sale or production of single-use plastic swabs, drink stirrers and most plastic trays from October 1, 2022.
"These are the first of the most problematic plastic products that will be phased out over the next three years," said New Zealand's Environment Minister ...
Recently, nova-Institut GmbH announced its participation in two new Horizon Europe projects - STAR4BBS and BIORECER - both of which involve the development of new certification systems and labels for bio-based raw materials.
Following a successful kick-off meeting in Berlin in September 2022, t...
Tunisia, located in the northernmost part of the African continent, has joined the ranks of the ban on plastic bags. on August 31, the country's Ministry of Environment issued a statement saying that, according to the relevant decree, non-compliant plastic bags will be banned from circulation nation...
In September 2022, the European Commission finally released the long-awaited draft REACH regulation to restrict the use of intentionally added microplastics in various products.
The new proposal includes residual cosmetics in the scope of the restrictions, covering skin care, perfume and lip ca...
1. India issued a plastic ban to limit single-use plastic products
The Indian government announced a total ban on the manufacture, storage, import, sale and use of numerous categories of single-use plastic products as of July 1.
2. Canada bans single-use plastic products, plans to ban ...
On June 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54, the first comprehensive law to reduce single-use plastic products in the United States. The new law provides that：
Source reduction: 25% reduction in the use of covered materials sold, offered for sale or distributed in the state beginni...
On June 20, the Canadian federal government officially announced - the final regulations for the ban on single-use plastic containers landed! Effective December of this year! This means that now commonly used plastic items, such as shopping bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks, etc., will all be banne...
June 18 -- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government agency under the Indian Ministry of Environment, has released a list of measures and bans to ban the use of single-use plastic products in the country from July 1, 2022.
As part of its comprehensive action plan, CPCB...
Recently, the Washington State Department of Ecology (DoE) submitted to the legislature a second alternatives assessment for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging. Materials such as polylactic acid coating and polylactic acid foam will replace paper (plant fiber...
On May 23, eBay UK announced that from June 1, 2022, sellers will be banned from selling single-use plastic products on the platform.
eBay said the new ban will come into effect on June 1, 2022 in the United Kingdom. After that, if the sale of related single-use plastic products on the eBay UK ...
