Category: Plastic Bans
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Compostable soy fish alternative Holy Carp swims to the rescue after SA plastic ban
https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/compostable-soy-fish-alternative-holy-carp-swims-to-the-rescue-after-sa-plastic-ban.html
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Pakistan -plastic bag ban update
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2575406/sewing-change-one-bag-at-a-time
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Newsom blocks bill that would further limit PFAS in packaging
https://www.packagingdive.com/news/california-newsom-veto-pfas-packaging-plastic-microbeads/802693
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Washington state agencies discredit their own plastic bag ban study
https://www.mountainstatespolicy.org/washington-state-agencies-discredit-their-own-plastic-bag-ban-study
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Researchers make surprising discovery about states that ban plastic shopping bags: ‘May be even more effective’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/researchers-surprising-discovery-states-ban-101000526.html
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Temple City’s Plastic Ban Loses Steam After Seven Years Andhra Pradesh
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/temple-citys-plastic-ban-loses-steam-after-seven-years-1901971
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Australian state to ban iconic fish-shaped soy sauce bottles
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ejwgq3zw0o
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Symphony Environmental calls for science-led innovation over simplistic bans
https://interplasinsights.com/plastics-industry-news/plastics-industry-environmental-news/symphony-environmental-calls-for-science-led-innovation-over
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Single-Use Plastics Ban Draws Fire from Manufacturers (FREE)
Read Single-Use Plastics Ban Draws Fire from Manufacturers
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Ghana to ban polystyrene food packaging (FREE)
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions — This is a FREE article
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Single use vapes ban opportunity to tackle youth vaping (FREE)
Read Single use vapes ban opportunity to tackle youth vaping
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Nigerian food vendors defy styrofoam ban because alternatives are unaffordable
I have compassion for the African street vendors. Western leaders impose their circular economy bullshit on the planet for their own financial gains (many EU politicians are shareholders of so-called circular companies). African politicians follow the ‘circular’ greenwashing ideology blindly and nobody cares about the small African business owner who tries to make a living…
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Karnataka Approves Plant-Based Biodegradable Bags Replacing Single Use Plastic Bags
Karnataka Approves Plant-Based Biodegradable Bags Replacing Single Use Plastic Bags
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Bioplastics banned at Arcata Bay Oyster Festival
Bioplastics banned at Arcata Bay Oyster Festival
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Biodegradable bags to be encouraged in India
Biodegradable bags to be encouraged in India
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Thompson says plastic waste reduction ordinance creates ‘an even worse solution’ (Washington)
Thompson says plastic waste reduction ordinance creates ‘an even worse solution’ (Washington)
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Why banning plastic bags will never be enough
Why banning plastic bags will never be enough
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Kenya bans plastic garbage bags (FREE)
No more Plastic Garbage Bags as NEMA Issues 90-Day Segregation of Waste Notice. This is a FREE article
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What you need to know about Dubai’s ban on single-use plastic: Fines and exemptions
What you need to know about Dubai’s ban on single-use plastic: Fines and exemptions
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Plastic Bag Ban Made Pollution Worse in California
California’s environmental-friendly lawmakers were quite proud of themselves when, in 2014, they passed a first-in-the-nation ban on stores from handing out so-called single-use plastic bags as a means to turn back the tide, so to speak, on an ocean-pollution “crisis” that was threatening marine wildlife and supposedly turning our beaches into waste dumps.
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How one Nigerian state is delivering a blow to single-use plastic (Video)
In January, the Lagos State government announced an immediate ban on single-use plastics.
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New York may ban PVA detergent pods
Laundry and dishwasher detergent pods made with polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, contribute to plastics pollution in US waterways.
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Florida municipalities may soon have less power to regulate plastic
Local governments could not ban single-use plastics or polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam, on their properties under companion bills filed in the Florida Legislature.
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European General Court endorses oxo-degradable plastic ban
The court has dismissed Symphony Environmental Technologies’ action against the European Parliament, which claimed that Article 5 of the Single-Use Plastics Directive is unlawful
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Do plastic bag bans work? (Euronews)
Do plastic bag bans work? New study finds they save 6 billion bags a year in some US states
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Nigeria bans Styrofoam SUP
Lagos govt bans usage of styrofoams, single-use plastics with ‘immediate effect’
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US kid campaigning against plastic
It can hurt the industry when kids get involved in the war on plastics
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Push to ban PVC and Polystyrene packaging through plastic treaty
It looks as if there’s some kind of growing intention to ban PVC and polystyrene packaging through the plastic treaty. Producers of those two type of packaging should be “very” carefull at what is coming at them.
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British Columbia delays new plastic regulation
The BC government has adjusted the rollout of some items under its new Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation until July 15, 2024.
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Calgary Co-op’s compostable bags target of pointless federal crackdown
The innovation behind Calgary Co-op’s compostable shopping bag should be cheered. Instead, the federal government will be making the bags tougher to acquire.
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Petition delivered to EPA calling for PVC Ban
Environmental Leaders Deliver 5,869 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Vinyl Chloride Ban
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NGOs are asking for a PVC ban in EU
NGOs are asking restriction of PVC under the REACH regulation
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180,000 support the call for a ban on EU plastic waste trade exports
Today, the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, Rethink Plastic alliance, Environmental Investigation Agency, Eko, and WeMove have published the results of their joint petition urging the European Union to ban plastic waste exports to both non-OECD and OECD countries.
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Online delivery is blind spot for Malaysian SUP ban
Online delivery blind spot could foil Putrajaya’s single-use plastics ban, green groups say
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Wales plastic ban comes into force
Single-use plastic ban comes into force in Wales. The Welsh Government said it will reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the environment.
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Industry complains about online sale of banned SUP
Who is policing the continuing sale of banned single-use plastics by online retailers?
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Hong Kong Ban on SUP Tableware
How effective will Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastic tableware be in reducing waste?
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EU Commission adopts measures to restrict intentionally added microplastics
Today, the Commission takes another major step to protect the environment by adopting measures that restrict microplastics intentionally added to products under the EU chemical legislation REACH.
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New Delhi bans plastic for publicity material on its premises
“To ensure the strict implementation of this initiative, the NDMC is considering the formation of a monitoring team tasked with overseeing compliance,” NDMC vice-chairperson Satish Upadhyay said.
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Massachusetts Governor announces plastic bottle ban for state agencies
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that she will sign an executive order banning state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles on Monday.
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Capital of Europe says no to compostable bags and packaging (FREE)
There has been a change in the waste management policy of Brussels, the capital of Europe. This is a FREE article
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Compostable plastic bags should be banned says Environmental Defence (FREE)
“Compostable” Checkout Bags Are Still Plastic and Should Not Be Exempted from the Federal Single-Use Plastic Bans. This is a FREE article
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Co-op launches petition to save compostable bags
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is joining Calgary Co-op’s fight to save its compostable grocery bags — Whatever the outcome of the petition, Canada doesn’t have the necessary infrastructure to process compostable plastic bags.
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Taipei Bans PLA Containers and Tableware as from Aug 1
Taipei will enforce a clampdown on the use of PLA containers and tableware from Tuesday (Aug. 1) in a bid to cut plastic waste — The reason being that PLA contaminates recycling streams and that the region doesn’t have the capacity to process PLA waste. It’s an honest decision from the authorities to avoid stranded…
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SUP ban update for Jammu and Kashmir
Despite ban on polythene and single-use plastic, these products continue to be sold and used extensively in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Compostable Bag Controversy in Canada
Alberta’s environment minister and Calgary’s mayor voice support of a compostable grocery bag that is banned under the federal government’s single use plastic ban. Why so much fuss over a bag that composts fully in Calgary’s municipal waste stream?
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British Columbia Takes Action on Plastic Waste
On July 14, 2023, the Province of British Columbia published the Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation which will come into effect on December 20, 2023.
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Canadian Federal Government Explain Why they’re banning Compostable Plastic Bags across the country (Video)
Feds explain why compostable bags fall under plastic ban — Karma, Karma, Karma, European Bioplastics members have behaved like corporate thugs with no moral standards … then they get what they deserve.
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National Post Reader Comments on the Compostable Plastic Bag Ban
Compostable plastic bags still plastic To Canadian government — This reader doesn’t keep his tongue in his pocket and makes it a personal affair with PM Trudeau
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Rhode Island lawmakers consider ban on foam takeout containers and other plastic items
Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a law that would ban restaurants from using foam takeout containers in the Ocean State.
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10 US States that Banned Plastic Bags
In this article, we are going to discuss the 10 states that banned plastic bags.
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2 plastics additives face global ban
Under the theme “Accelerating Action: Targets for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”, over 2000 delegates from around the globe gather in Geneva, Switzerland for two weeks.
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Ban of ‘problematic’ compostable plastics could ease current challenges for local governments
Compostable takeout containers and foodservice packaging may seem like a great way to reduce waste, but local governments like the Regional District of Nanaimo say what is, and isn’t, accepted in the green bin isn’t so easy to communicate.
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Nigerian Stakeholders seek ban of single-use plastic by 2024
Members of the Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives (GAIA) Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to ban single-use plastic in the country.
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Bans, Taxes and Polluter-Pays Laws Will Not Stop Runaway Consumption
If left unchecked, plastic consumption will double by mid-century. Even a global single-use plastic ban will not stop plastic consumption from growing above current levels, new research warns.
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Sri Lanka Bans Single-Use Plastics to Save Elephants
Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.
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Taiwan to Ban Compostable Plastic Tableware
Taiwan to ban disposable food utensils made of biodegradable plastic
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South Australian Consultation and Ban on Single Use Plastic
Coffee cups and plastic bags among the next single-use plastics to be banned in SA
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Supplier of Co-op’s Compostable Bags Frustrated by Federal Plastics Ban
The founder of the Calgary-based company behind Co-op’s compostable shopping bags says he can’t understand why the federal government is lumping them in with its single-use plastics ban, even though his product contains absolutely no plastic — Canadian suppliers and producers of compostable plastic tableware (including PLA) are looking for a Plan B, diverting to…
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Canadian Federal Ban on Plastics Applies to Compostable Plastic
You will observe that Indian newspapers follow international bioplastics-related news very closely
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Victoria Bans Compostable Plastics and Bioplastics
Victoria is about to ban a slew of plastics — even compostable ones. Here’s what businesses need to know
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UAE to Ban Single-Use Plastic from 2024
The UAE will impose a nationwide ban on single-use plastic from next year, the government has said.
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Victorian Government Bans Bioplastic Tableware
Victorian Government single-use plastics ban starts from 1 February
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Oxnard California Regulates Expanded Polystyrene
The City Council, Tuesday, January 3, approved an ordinance regulating expanded polystyrene (EPS).
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Illinois Bag Tax Update
Evanston alders Monday will consider two new restrictions on local businesses — a 15-cent bag tax and a requirement that retailers accept cash for all transactions.
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