SYDNEY, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- To help bring life back into Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the broader environment, leaders in the local State of Queensland are considering a complete ban on single use plastics, which they say will be a first for the country in terms of the scope. Min...
The international community, many countries and more and more companies and businesses strive towards a reduction of single-use plastics to prevent plastic waste ending up in the environment and the ocean. For example in Europe: ...
Ms.Janet Yuen, Chief Executive Officer of KFC Hong Kong andMacau, said: "We would like to thank KFC customers and KFC fans of all ages who engaged in the action on single-use plastic reduction and who contributed to its success. We feel very happy with the public response and considering...
Canada Bans Six Single-Use Plastic Product Categories 24 June 2022 Canada has adopted final regulations to prohibit as early as 20 December 2022 the manufacture, import and sale of six categories of single-use plastics: checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and st...
The act calls for reducing the amount of single-use plastics sold in the state by at least 25% up to 2030. It also is designed to ensure that all other waste is actually composted or reused by 2030. Other provisions call for phasing out EPS takeout containers in favour of more ...
The regulation also mandates that public entities cannot acquire prohibited single-use plastics if sustainable alternatives are available, and these entities must implement reduction campaigns. Colombia’s National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA in its Spanish acr...
Globally across 2021-2025 the reduction will be seen first in rigid plastic formats. In the US, single-use flexibles will continue to grow to 2025; but rigid plastics will begin to decline in real volume terms. Embracing this potential, many pulp and paper companies have developed new tray ...
On a larger scale, the EU recently implemented a Directive on single-use plastics, which aims to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Single-use plastic products cannot be placed on the markets of EU Member States if sustainable alternatives are easily av...
Labour MP Geraint Davies has tabled a bill in Parliament, the Plastics (Recycling, Sustainability and Pollution Reduction) Bill, that would also require the environment secretary to set targets and measures for the elimination and recycling of single-use plastics. These would have to be more dem...
“Beyond Plastic Bermuda hopes to assist the Government in fostering an environment that will encourage innovation and public/private partnerships to create a sustainable model for a reduction in single-use plastics. “The intention to ban twelve categories of items, whilst not an easy paradigm shift...