Scotland plans ban on plastic straws, plates, knifes and forks and polystyrene cups
Plastic plates, straws and cutlery could be banned in Scotland, along with polystyrene food and drink containers, to help stem the tide of plastic that is killing sea life/ The government in ...
Polystyrene to be phased out next year under Australia’s plastic waste plan
Polystyrene foam commonly used to package consumer goods will be phased out in Australia by mid-2022 as part of a national plan to combat mounting plastic waste. Conservation groups have ...
India Has Announced Yet Another Plastic Ban
The draft Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021, which the Union environment ministry announced on March 11, has proposed a blanket ban on a list of plastic items, among other ...
Unilever and Alibaba launch recycling machines featuring artificial intelligence
Unilever has worked with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to create a system of recycling machines which use artificial intelligence to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging. The initiative, Waste Free ...
European Bioplastics: Claims on biodegradability and compostability on products and packaging
Claims about biodegradability and compostability are widely used to label products and packaging regarding their endof-life. Biodegradation can take place in different systems (industrial or home composting) and environments (soil, ...
Jakarta to ban single-use plastic bags by June
Shoppers in Jakarta will soon be unable to carry their groceries in single-use plastic bags as the Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited gubernatorial regulation banning such plastic bags from ...
China aims to go as big in bioplastics as it did in solar panels
Chinese material manufacturers plan to dramatically increase their output of biodegradable plastics made from plants in response to China's ban against disposal plastic bags. A single company, China BBCA Group, ...
Plastic straws vanish from China as ban kicks in
While enjoying New Year celebrations, many Chinese residents noticed they had to bid adieu not just to 2020, but also convenient, single-use plastic items at supermarkets, food stalls, and coffee ...
