Category: Michael Stephen Column
Paper bags, Sweden abolishing its plastic bag tax and Recycling (FREE)
EU Parliament, recycling, vegetable-based plastics (FREE)
Stop the bans, paper cups no better than plastic, organic recycling (FREE)
Microplastics, Paper Drinking Straws and Factory Closures (FREE)
Confusion about OXO and Microplastics, and Agricultural Mulch Films (FREE)
Paper vs Plastic and Organic Recycling (FREE)
Despatches from the war against plastic: Plastic Haters, Corruption in the EU Parliament, Agricultural Mulch-film; and PLA (FREE)
Despatches from the war on Plastics
Flooding caused by Plastic, Indonesia, French Consumers against compostable plastics and TotalEnergies Corbion (FREE)
BPA Analysis of the WWF Position Paper (FREE)
Are “Compostable” Plastics Biodegradable; the UCL Study; and the Plastic Haters (FREE)
Big Names and Fungi that eat Plastic (FREE)
Corruption in the EU Parliament (FREE)
Euro-Arrogance, Plastic Policy in India and Canada
EU Ban on Plastics Unlawful (FREE)
No Sufficient Evidence to Ban Plastic and Aimplas FAQ (FREE)
Lobbyist Swamp in Brussels, Failed SUP Ban in India, Deliveroo (FREE)
Corruption in the EU Parliament, US Composting Consortium and Germany Rejects Crop-Based Biofuels (FREE)
Recycling Plastics, UK Government Will Not Support Compostable Plastic, Plastic Pacts Mislead Consumers (FREE)
Compostable Greenwashing, Home Composting – More Greenwashing (FREE)
Corruption in the EU, Not so Compostable and Cry for Help (FREE)
EU Talking About Biodegradable Plastic (FREE)
Recycling, Plastic Exports and Antimicrobials (FREE)
Time to Ban Compostable Plastics? Also SUP Legislation in Wales and Scotland (FREE)
Defra Finally Complies with Disclosure Order (FREE)
Innovation and the United Nations (FREE)
Anti-Plastic Zealots (FREE)
Agricultural Film and Global Plastic Treaty (FREE)
DEFRA (FREE)
Microplastics, Environmental Footprints and Coffee Waste (FREE)
Recycling and Food Waste (FREE)
Defra and Plastics in Agriculture (FREE)
Video, Canada, The Guardian, Food Waste, Recycled vs Virgin Polymer (FREE)
Oxford Analytica, Indonesia, Paper is not the Answer (FREE)
Korea, Carbon 13 Study, Defra, Food Shortages and Biobased Plastics (FREE)
Recyclass, Unilever, UK Plastic Packaging Tax (FREE)
Recycling, OECD and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (FREE)
A Threat to Humanity and Market Research (FREE)
Wrap and More Bad News for Compostable Plastics in UK Parliament (FREE)
Big Trouble Brewing for Resin Suppliers and Plastics Manufacturers (FREE)
Response to Association of Plastic Recyclers (FREE)
Oxo Degradable vs Oxo Biodegradable Plastics (FREE)
UK Parliamentary Committee and Bad News for Compostable Plastics (FREE)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (FREE)
Virgin Mobile, Defra, OXO, Microplastics, End of Life Options
Plastiphobia (FREE)
Sustainable Agriculture, Canada, Consequence of Banning, United Nations (FREE)
No Alternative for Plastic (FREE)
Michael Laurier, A Saucy Problem and Unilever (FREE)
Microplastics (FREE)
Precautionary Principle, Anti Oxo Campaign and Defra (FREE)
Disposal in the Right Way and Defra Consultation Responses (FREE)
Defra December 2021 (FREE)
RWM Digital Spotlight and Plastiphobia (FREE)
Defra, India, Food Service Footprint Magazine and Waste 360 (FREE)
Defra (FREE)
Plastic from Algae and Carbon Dioxide (FREE)
Michael Stephen at Pack4Change Summit (FREE)
Freedom of Information and Plastic Waste Solutions (FREE)
Michael Stephen Video Interview on Antimicrobial and Biodegradable Packaging
UK Government, Defra and David Newman (FREE)
Microplastics (FREE)
Angry Farmers, DEFRA and Substitutes for Plastic (FREE)
Directors Talk, Confusion, Stir Magazine and Dumping Plastic Waste
EU Flawed Directive, Thailand and Pakistan (FREE)
Recycling, Is the Use of Biobased Plastics Increasing, Confused Australians and Biodegradable Future (FREE)
Minderoo Report and Korea Herald (FREE)
Packaging Digest
Plastic to the Rescue of Covid and More News from Brazil
Oxomar, UK Government and Microplastics
India, Australia and Dow Chemicals (FREE)
EU Scientific Reports and Paper vs Plastic (FREE)
OXO Biodegradable Plastic
Seaweed Plastic, Orange Peel and Xampla (FREE)
Recycling and Exporting Plastic Waste (FREE)
Intertek and Composting (FREE)
EU, Covid Lockdowns, WRAP, British Standards Institution and Polymateria (FREE)
EU Scientific Advisers, China Chose Wrong Bioplastics and Covid Nonsense (FREE)