Category: Plastic Bans
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Should EU SUP Ban Include Polymer Coated Paper Products?
Should Polymer Coated Paper Products fall under the EU Sup Directive? EUPC share their opinion
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Virginia Governor Signs SUP Executive Order
Virginia Leading By Example To Reduce Plastic Pollution And Solid Waste
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Formula One Bans SUP Bottles
F1 to eliminate single-use plastic bottles for staff in 2021
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France Adopts More Plastic Bans
French Senate adopts new ban for four plastic products, including synthetic textiles
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Are SUP Bans a Mistake?
What if the SUP ban relied on emotion and political opportunism instead of reason? What if the SUP bans relied on wrong assumptions?
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Biodegradable and Compostable Plastic Ban in Australia
Why Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics are Banned in Australia
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First City to Ban Plastic Bottles
This is probably the first city in the world that bans plastic bottles. They have an alternative ready
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Indian Court Rejects Ban on Compostable Plastic Bags (FREE)
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed an order of the State Government, prohibiting the manufacture, stocking and sale of compostable plastic bags.
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Plastic and Bioplastic Ban in Australia Starts March 1
From March 1, 2021 single-use plastic straws*, stirrers and cutlery including bioplastic will no longer be supplied in South Australia. This is A FREE Article
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Canadians Wants More Plastic Banned
Majority of Canadians want plastic ban expanded: survey
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Virginia to Ban Plastic Foam Containers
Virginia moves closer to ban plastic foam containers
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Thailand Plastic Ban
Cabinet approves a plan to reduce and stop producing plastic waste
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Jamaica Ban on Plastics
The Government of Jamaica has implemented the third phase of a plastics ban, this final phase became effective January 1, 2021
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NL to Ban Bamboo and Corn Composites Tableware
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) recommends that melamine plastic tableware in which bamboo and / or maize fibers are processed should not be used (anymore)
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New SUP Bans in Canada
B.C. approves single-use plastics bans in Surrey, Nanaimo, Rossland and Esquimalt
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Guam Clarifies Definitions for Plastic Bag Ban
Guam EPA clarifies definitions for plastic bag ban
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Industry Attempt to Change EU Plastic Legislation
Joint-industry statement on the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) draft Guidelines– Packaging: Better Regulation and the Single Market
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Summary Plastic Bans in France
Here’s a list of the plastic items that will be banned in France from 2020 to 2026
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Tanzania Plastic Bags Deadline
Tanzania: Govt Issues Three-Month Deadline On Plastic Bags Users, Producers
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Mexico City SUP Ban
In a statement, city authorities declared that “the commercialization, distribution and delivery of single-use plastic products is prohibited” as of January 1.
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EU Bans Plastic Export
Eu Bans Plastic Waste From Being Shipped To Developing Countries
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China Ramps Up War on Plastics
China’s New Year’s resolution: bans on plastic straws, plates, non-biodegradable plastic bags — TEAL Innovates PHA Cosmetic Packaging for Beauty and Hotel — ROQUETTE Revolutionises Aerosol Packaging
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Breach of Jamaican Plastic Ban
41 companies, individuals charged with breaches of plastic ban
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Update on Jamaica Plastic Ban
Jamaicans have until June to become compliant with third phase of plastic ban
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China Province Bans Disposable Non Degradable Plastic Products
Hainan bans disposable non-degradable plastic products
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Anti Plastic Sachet Campaign
Campaigners call for UK and EU bans on plastic ‘sample’ sachets. Personal and home care sectors use an estimated 122bn sachets a year and few are recycled
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Pakistan Plastic Bag Ban Update
Officials say prohibition is still in place, but shops across province have long resumed use of polythene bags
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New Jersey SUP Bill Signed
On November 4, 2020 Governor Phil Murphy signed S864, which prohibits the use of single-use plastic and paper bags in all stores and food service businesses statewide.
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Scotland Consultation on SUP Ban
Consultation: Introducing market restrictions on single-use plastic items in Scotland
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EU Commissioner Comments Implementation SUP Directive
Virginijus Sinkevičius comments implementation SUP directive
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Canada To Regulate Plastic
The Government of Canada is taking steps toward eliminating plastic pollution in Canada, including potentially banning or restricting certain harmful single-use plastic products, where warranted and supported by science. — Symphony Environmental developed a plastic that kills Covid19 virus in 1 hour — Unused Verdezyne Biochemical Plant Equipment are for sale
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England Plastic Straws Ban Starts Today
A ban on single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds has come into force in England.
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Paper Bag Ban in New Jersey
The bill, which now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy, would also limit single-use plastic bags, polystyrene takeout boxes, and plastic straws.
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Selling Plastic Items is Illegal
South Australia’s laws mean that selling, supplying or distributing a “prohibited plastic product” will be illegal.
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Cameroon Seizes Non Biodegradable Plastics
Customs, on September 4, 2020, seized two tons of non-biodegradable plastic packaging in Tiko, South West region.
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South Australia Bans SUP
South Australia has become the first state to ban single-use plastics in Australia, but the new rules will not come into effect until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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First Country to Ban Import of All Plastic Products
This must be the first country to ban import on all plastic products. Not sure of it’s for environmental or commercial reasons. This should lead to other countries to follow in the region.
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SUP Producers to Pay for German Waste Management
‘You pay,’ Germany tells suppliers of throwaway utensils
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US Hospitals Banning SUP Bottles
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Wales Launches Consultation on SUP Ban
The Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hannah Blythyn, has launched a consultation on the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban a range of single use plastic items.
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More Plastic Bans in China
Message from the Dpt of Ecology and Environment of the Sichuan Province. Authorities in the southwestern province announced that bars, restaurants, and tea and coffee shops should plan to stop handing out plastic straws with their customers’ orders, after Jiangxi and Shanxi recently announced similar policies.
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New York to Ban Food Packaging with PFAS
New York lawmakers in both the Assembly and the Senate have passed a bill that would ban the manufacturing, selling, and distribution of food packaging that contains PFAS chemicals.
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Bangladesh Talks on Plastic Ban
Green activists at a webinar on Friday said that the use of plastic bags was gradually decreasing but it should be stopped soon to save the earth, specially the marine environment.
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Germany Bans SUP Straws and Food Containers
Germany is banning the sale of single-use plastic straws, cotton buds and food containers, bringing it in line with a European Union directive intended to reduce the amount of plastic garbage that pollutes the environment.
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Can Corona Revive SUP Bags in New Zealand?
The Covid-19 crisis could be a big setback to progress on eliminating plastics, a rural expert has warned.
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Consider Hygiene in Packaging Laws
Letter from FPA to Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State, Defra .
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California Suspends Plastic Bag Ban
Gov. Gavin Newsom has suspended California’s ban on grocery stores providing single-use plastic bags amid concerns that clerks may be at risk for exposure to the coronavirus if shoppers are required to supply their own reusable bags to carry their purchases home.
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Barbados Ban on Fossil Plastics Suspensed
Barbados’ ban on petro-based plastics is temporarily suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Canada Starts Banning Compostable Plastics
Bye-bye single-use plastics: new bylaw in effect in Dawson City. Compostable and biodegradable plastic utensils, cups or containers included in bylaw.
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California Plastic Bag Ban in Jeopardy
California’s plastic bag ban is in jeopardy. We can save it together, but we must act now.
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China to Ban Thin Plastic Bags, Films and Cutlery
China will look to ban ultra-thin plastic bags and agricultural-use plastic mulch, as well as other types of non-biodegradable plastic products, the country’s state planning authority said in draft proposals published on Friday.
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EuPC Asks Postponement SUP Directive
EuPC advocates for a postponement of the SUP Directive implementation in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Florida Against Single Use Plastics
The Tampa City Council is drafting an ordinance to ban single-use plastics on city owned property that could be implemented and in effect by mid-summer.
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New York Plastic Bag Ban and Corona Crisis
New York’s environmentalists have terrible timing. The statewide ban on single-use plastic bags took effect on March 1, the same day New York confirmed its first case of coronavirus.
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Plastic Bag Battle in New Jersey
Environmental Groups Support 54 NJ Towns in Retaining their Local Plastic Bag Ordinances.
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Novamont Lose Compostable Bag Exemption in US
As states New York and Maine are pulling back on single-use plastic grocery bag bans in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Connecticut may have missed an opportunity to not only have environmentally safe single-use grocery bags, but also bring more business and jobs to the state.
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Corona Pandemic Leads to Plastic Ban Reversals
Health concerns are trumping environmental worries as U.S. states and cities reverse single-use plastic bans.
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Students Against Plastic Bottles in Connecticut
What do environmental activists look like? Some might be surprised to learn that they look like three Whitby School 7th graders who are the founding members of Greenwich Bottles No More (GBNM).
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Wales SUP Ban in 2021
Welsh government is to ban single-use plastic items in Wales from the first half of 2021, the government of the UK’s country said on Wednesday.
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Washington Students Propose Plastic Straw Ban
City Council plans to discuss the issue; no date set yet.
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Cincinnati Plastic Bag Ban
Cincinnati-based Kroger pledged to ban single-use plastic bags by 2025, but if you live in Cincinnati you’ll likely be saying goodbye to plastic bags at the grocery store and other places much sooner.
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Did the Kenya Plastic Bag Ban Work?
Kenya has harsh penalties for those caught manufacturing, selling, importing or using single-use plastics, yet the country still struggles to reduce its waste.
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Polystyrene Food Container Ban in California
Ventura restaurants no longer will be allowed to use polystyrene and single-use food containers after the City Council voted to ban their use.
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Malaysia Urged to Reduce Plastic Packaging
Malaysians top the list of per-capita consumption of plastic packaging out of six Asian countries that account for 60 per cent of plastic pollution in the sea.
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SUP Bags Ban in Tennessee
Many grocery stores across the country have made changes to make shopping a little more convenient– offering self-checkouts with a hefty amount of plastic bags.
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Plastic Free Santorini
Greece’s famous Santorini island is joining a number of other Greek islands in efforts to eliminate plastic and introduce eco-friendly practices with the aim of promoting a natural environment.
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US Nationwide Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California this week, according to Oceana, introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, legislation that would ban certain single-use plastics and hold companies accountable for their waste.
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New York Plastic Bag Ban
Starting March 1, you’ll no longer be able to leave a store with plastic bags in hand.
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Canada Single-Use Plastics Law May Restrict Biodegradable Plastics
Some might have wondered what the purpose might be for this joint assessment from Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada: Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution, January 2020.
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Canada to Ban SUP in 2021
Report says 29,000 tonnes of plastic garbage ended up as litter in Canada in 2016. A national ban on many single-use plastics is on track for next year after a government report concluded Thursday that there is more than enough evidence proving plastic pollution is harmful, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said.
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Cape Town Signs Pact to Phase Out Plastic
South Africans have begun steadily making the shift towards living a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle – more locals are becoming vegetarians or vegans, cutting their plastic use down, and re-using and recycling as much as possible.
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Why Banning SUP is Not So Easy?
The distant expiration of a ban on single-use plastic in 2040, voted by the National Assembly, has been widely criticized. But in a world where plastic packaging is ubiquitous, replacing it is not so easy. Explanations in 5 questions.
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China To Ban Plastic Bags, Tableware and Cotton Swabs
More than a decade after the country first introduced a ban on single-use plastic, China has announced a wide range of measures to put an end to the environmental blight that has tainted much of its land and rivers. How effective will it be?
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German Federation Reacts to EU Plan to Expand Plastic Bans
In an interview in “Die Welt” the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, thinks aloud about a general ban on plastic packaging in Europe.
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Interview with EU Commissioner on Climate Change, SUP Ban and Microplastics
Interview with EU Commissioner for the Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Virginijus Sinkevičius.
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US Senate Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags Again
Although plastic grocery bags are difficult to recycle, Senate Democrats are hoping to have more luck in recycling a statewide ban on the bags.
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Interview with CEO Novamont France
This week, Christophe Doukhi de Boissoudy, president of Club Bio-Plastiques (French Bioplastics Association), speaks about the role of bio-based and biodegradable bags in the development of a circular economy.
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Plastic Ban in Monaco
On 1 January 2020, disposable plastic cotton buds, cups, cutlery and plates were banned in the Principality.
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Plastic Packaging Ban Could Harm Environment
Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment, a report says.
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Oregon Single-Use Bag Ban Goes Into Effect
If you live in Oregon and you’ve been shopping anywhere since 2020 started, you might have noticed something different. Single-use plastic bags are now banned in Oregon.
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Mexico City Bans Plastic Bags
Mexico City’s new ban on plastic bags has inspired visions of a journey back in time even as local makers of the packaging worry they could become obsolete.
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Anti-Waste Bill Adopted in France
The joint committee (CMP) composed of 7 deputies and 7 senators met Wednesday January 8 to decide on the anti-waste bill for a circular economy: a unanimous agreement was reached.
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Alameda Considers Ending Disposable Plastic
Alameda officials will take a look at a proposal to ban disposable plastic knives and forks, cup lids and similar items at restaurants.
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How Did McDonalds Cope With the French Plastic Ban?
Let’s have a look at how “McDo” dealed with the French plastic ban.
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The SUP Ban in France Since 1 January
Starting January 1, three single-use plastic products will be banned in France: plates, cups, and cotton buds. More will be banned next year, marking the first steps toward the government’s goal of phasing out all single-use plastics by 2040.
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New Fines for Single Use Plastic in Geneva
From 1 January 2020, single use plastic products will be banned in the city of Geneva. Offenders will risk fines of at least CHF 100.
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French Plastic Federation Defends Recycling on TV
On Monday December 30, Luc-Éric Krief, vice-president of the French Federation of Plastics and Composites, discussed the impact of the French Plastic ban on TV.
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Two French Plastic Bans are in Conflict
The 24 December Decree Contradicts the Law on the Circular Economy.
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SUP and Paper Bags Fee in Denver City
After a brief but mostly supportive public comment session, the Denver City Council unanimously approved a measure Monday night which would require retail stores to charge customers 10 cents for each single-use plastic or paper bag they use.
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California Attempts to Decrease Use of Single-Use Plastic
With environmentalism being an issue in recent years, California attempted to pass legislation this year meant to change the way California handles and recycles plastic to better help the environment due to the damage it is doing to the environment.
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