Single-use plastics banned in SA after legislation passes parliament
South Australia has become the first state in the nation to ban the sale, supply and distribution of single-use plastics. The Liberal government’s Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) ...
Successfully applying compostable materials Anbio in Vietnam
The compostable materials AnBio have been successfully applied to produce AnEco branded products in Vietnam, welcomed by consumers, hotel chains and F&B businesses. For the past 5 years, plastic waste ...
The global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years.
The results of the European Bioplastics (EUBP) annual market data update, presented today at the 15th EUBP Conference, confirm the continued dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry. “Our industry ...
UK government issues details of new plastics packaging tax (PPT)
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has issued a policy paper outlining a new tax, the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT). This new tax applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported ...
New York officially ban single-use plastic bags
On October 20 2020, New York is finally enforcing its statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. The law actually went into effect last winter, but the pandemic and a lawsuit ...
Corbion and Total to build first world-scale PLA plant in Europe
Corbion and Total have announced their intention to build a new PLA bioplastics plant in Europe through their Total Corbion PLA joint venture. The first world-scale PLA production facility in ...
UK to get first ever standard for biodegradable plastic following confusion over terminology
Amid concerns that manufacturers were misleading the public when using terms such as “biodegradable”, “bioplastic” and “compostable”, the UK government called for experts to help it develop standards for plastics ...
USA develop a new bio-based material sourced from natural food waste and organic starches
Last July 2020, BGUSA, INC announced that they have solved the much-disputed argument of ridding the Earth of single-use plastic bags by a special material. The newly developed material for ...
