India will completely ban some single-use plastic products from July 1 this year, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The pollution regulator has issued notices to manufacturers, retailers and e-commerce sites to ensure that these items are no longer used or sold.
"We have issued ins...
Russian media Alta.news, January 14: The Eurasian Economic Commission is currently working on a draft of a proposed ban on the production and import of single-use plastic products in member states, which is scheduled to begin in April 2022 and be completed in June 2023.
It is reported that the ...
Recently, the U.S. Plastics Pact published its "Questionable and Unnecessary Materials List," which lists 11 packaging-related products and materials that currently "cannot be reused, recycled, or composted on a large scale" in the United States and "are not expected to rema...
On December 16-17, 2021, the European Commission held a seminar on the revision of the FCM regulation on recycled plastics with the Joint Researchcenter (JRC) and other institutions. As an invited representative, Guangzhou Customs Technology Center (IQTC) participated in the whole seminar and techni...
On January 10, local time, Thailand's Pollution Control Department accelerated the implementation of plastic waste management under the Plastic Waste Management Program 2018-2030 issued by the Cabinet to carry out a waste reduction and separation pilot in government agencies nationwide. It also...
The draft decree to transpose the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive 2019/904 (SUPD) into Italian law and the accompanying report were previously published in Italy, and on September 22 the Italian government submitted the draft to the European Commission for review, and the decree will be officially ...
Western Australia will phase out nine types of single-use plastic products.
From January 1, 2022, Western Australia will ban single-use plastic bowls, cold and hot food cups, plates, cutlery, stirrers, straws, expanded polystyrene food containers, thick plastic bags and helium balloon release d...
After being passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve, Italy's Budget Law 2022 was passed by the Chamber of Deputies with a vote of confidence (355 votes in favor, 45 against).
With the completion of the parliamentary procedure, the plastic tax and the sugar tax were postponed until 2023, as these ...
Polystyrene foam food packaging, made from a rigid plastic called polystyrene, poses many environmental problems. In response, New York State will ban the use of single-use foam polystyrene plastic food containers and packaging starting January 1, 2022. Violators will face a $250 fine, and repe...
