Category: Plastic Bans
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Why France Will Ban Paper and Cardboard Cups?
The French Parliament discovered that cardboard and paper cups are not recyclable.
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France Bans All Plastic Packaging in 2040
Every year 100 billion disposable plastic products are put on the market in France. Several measures of the anti-waste bill for a circular economy are devoted to combating the pollution caused by these plastics.
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French Paper and Cardboard Tableware Industry Dies in January 2023
The amendment CD1013 causes serious trouble in the French paper and cardboard packaging industry.
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French Parliament Targets Fast Food in SUP Directive
An amendment to ban single-use plastics by 2023 in the catering and fast food business has been adopted by the French Parliament.
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Consumption Tax Proposed as Vietnam Struggles to Fight Plastic Bag Use
Plastic bags should be made more expensive so that people can be dissuaded from using them, a deputy minister has proposed.
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Plastic Ban Increase Demand for Biodegradable Cutlery in Jaipur
The growing awareness on single-use plastic and its use has increased the demand for biodegradable disposable cutlery across the city.
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Baltimore Bans Styrofoam and Plastic Foam!
On October 19, Baltimore began its plastic foam ban. The ban is aimed at businesses and includes Styrofoam containers.
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Irish SUP Ban Bill Aims to Put Biodegradable Packaging on Supermarket Shelves
A proposed new law which aims to ban certain types of single-use plastics will be debated in the Dáil next week.
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California Bans Travel-Size Plastic Shampoo Bottles from Hotels
In a few years, you’ll no longer be able to rely on hotels in California for those travel-size bottles of shampoo and lotion.
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Which Are Natural Polymers in the Sense of the Single-Use Plastic Ban?
Open Letter to DG Environment by the Nova-institut.
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The Winners of The Cup Fund of Starbucks
12 Winners of the Cup Fund Chosen to Boost Paper Cup Recycling Across the U.k., Diverting 420 Tonnes of Waste Per Year Innovative Projects Range From City-wide Recycling Schemes to New Approaches for Vending Machines, Retail Centres, Service Stations, Offices and Universities.
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California Could Become the First State to Ban Single-use Plastics
In 2018, on New Year’s Day, the world of trash changed forever.
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UK Parliament Calls for End to Single Use Food Packaging
House of Commons’ committee report calls for “fundamental shift” away from all single use packaging, not just plastic.
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Macron Bans More Plastics and Sooner Than The EU SUP Directive
The French Plastics and Composites Federation Reacts on the French SUP Legislative Proposal.
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UK Company Boss Threatens to Fire Employees Who Bring Single-Use Plastic Containers to the Office
Intelligent Hand Dryers, based in Sheffield, has banned all single-use plastic. Andrew Cameron, the firm’s founder, said he was fed up of bins overflowing. Now workers must bring their lunches in reusable containers or dispose of the packaging before getting to work
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India to Enforce Plastic Ban Including on Bioplastics
The National Green Tribunal’s state-level committee has set August 31 deadline for the government to enforce the ban on plastic, as defined by three government orders issued over the past three years.
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Map of Plastic Bans in the US
National Geographic published a new map that shows where states have banned plastic—and where states have banned bans on plastic.
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Germany To Ban All Plastic Shopping Bags
Germany is planning to enforce a ban on plastic shopping bags, according to the country’s environment minister.
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US Congress Initiatives on Plastics
Two Democratic lawmakers asking for feedback on plastic waste bill outline by end of August. Effort part of legislative momentum for plastic waste management.
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Coke and Pepsi Abandon the Plastics Lobby
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, two major sellers of plastic bottles, have made sweeping sustainability commitments. Now they are stepping away from a plastics lobbying group.
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Legal Battle on Single-Use Plastics Ban in Indonesia
Indonesia’s top court has rejected a challenge to a ban on single-use plastics on the island of Bali.
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Irish Supermarkets To Be Fined for Using Too Much Plastic
Supermarkets face fines and risk being named and shamed for creating excess waste or using too much plastic under plans to be teased out in September.
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Bioplastic Ban in Missouri
A ban on single-use disposable food service ware made from plastic or bioplastic that goes into effect for retail outlets Jan. 1 will be one of the strictest in Jackson County.
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City of London Corporation to Ban Unnecessary Plastic Waste
The organisation aims to eradicate unnecessary single-use plastics from entire organisation by 2021.
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Panama Becomes First Central American Nation to ban Plastic Bags
Panama on Saturday became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
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Banning Single Use Plastics in Norway
Eunomia has been working with Mepex on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) to map the impacts of a switch away from 19 commonly-littered single use plastic items in Norway.
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Swedish Government To Ban Plastic Cups
Sweden’s government wants to look into a ban on plastic cups and food containers, going a step further the EU directive on single-use plastics, the Minister for the Environment has said.
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Cyprus Plastic bag Use Reduced by 80% in One Year
Use of single use plastic bags has plummeted by 80%, a year after the introduction of a 5 cent levy, Elena Christodoulidou of the Environment Service told the Cyprus News Agency.
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Pakistan Plastic Bans
Bans on plastic shopping bags are spreading in Pakistan, starting from the country’s scenic north.
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Will UK Ban Non-Recyclable Packaging?
The public has “woken up” and is ready to do more to cut plastic pollution, MPs have been told. They were debating a petition, signed by almost 250,000 people, urging the government to ban all non-recyclable food packaging.
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Maine’s Styrofoam Ban Met with Mixed Response
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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WWF Launch Anti-Plastic Campaign
WWF Launch ‘Your Plastic Diet’. WWF wants a treaty to address plastic pollution through international cooperation.
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Canada to Announce Ban on Single-Use Plastics
The Canadian government plans to announce it is moving to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, a senior government official said late Sunday
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Will Plastic Wet Wipes Be Banned Because of Sewer Blockages?
There are calls for Wales to consider banning non-biodegradable wet wipes and urgently fund more research into microplastics in rivers.
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Plastic Bill Moves Forward in Sacramento
A bill to phase out single-use plastics by 2030 passed Wednesday in the state senate and its companion bill passed Thursday in the state assembly.
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Nassau County, New York, May Ban Styrofoam Soon
Nassau lawmakers will vote Monday on a plan to ban Styrofoam containers in the county.
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US States Declare war on Styrofoam
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a ban on polystyrene food containers at restaurants and grocery stores, making it the first state in the nation to ban some types of plastic foam. But that could be merely the first shot in a broader national campaign against a product better known as Styrofoam.
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Montreal Moves to Ban Styrofoam and Single-Use Plastic Food Packaging
Single-use plastic and Styrofoam food packaging could be banned in Montreal by next April.
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Maryland May Become First US State To Ban All Foam Food Packaging
The new law would ban foam food packaging for products packaged in-state, including restaurants, cafes, food trucks, and grocery stores. The final version of the bill includes exceptions, such as meat. The ban would go into force on July 1, 2020 and would carry fines of $250.
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Berkeley Targets Disposable Foodware With New Ordinance
Earlier this week, Berkeley City Council voted unanimously on a new ordinance that will radically change the way restaurants operate in the city.
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Barbados Bans Petrol-Based Single Use Plastics
Barbados bans the importation, retail, sale and use of petro-based single use plastic products.
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India Does Witch-hunting on Fake Biodegradable Bags
Some are using a loophole in the law: an exemption for using plastic bags without handle for retail packaging.
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Plastic Microbeads Bans in 2018
Here’s the list of all the countries that banned plastic microbeads in 2018
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Bali Bans Plastic
From 1 January 2019, Bali’s Governor, Wayan Koster, has banned single-use plastics, including styrofoam, plastic bags and plastic straws.
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Indian Government Bans Plastic Food Packaging
Chennai state government will soon extend the ban on plastic to packaged products like biscuits and other eatables manufactured by multinational companies, environment minister K C Karuppannan told the assembly on Friday.
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New York Ban on Polystyrene Starts
New York City’s ban on single-use styrofoam products took effect on New Year’s Day.
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US Lawmaker Wants to Ban Plastic Bans
Missouri state lawmaker Dan Shaul wants to prohibit local governments from banning food and drink packaging.
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Summary of the EU Directive on Single Use Plastics by the Times of Malta
The Times of Malta summarises the new EU Directive on single-use plastics.
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Single-use Plastics Directive Fails to Acknowledge Potential of Biodegradable Plastics
PRESS RELEASE – Berlin, 20 December 2018 – The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU, which aims to prevent and reduce marine litter of these products.
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Total Ban on Plastics Could Damage Environment
Academics from Heriot-Watt University said replacing plastics with other packaging such as glass or metal could double global energy consumption and triple of greenhouse gas emissions.
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European Bioplastics Association Reacts on European Parliament Vote
PRESS RELEASE from European Bioplastics.
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Indian Opinion Maker In Favour Of Bioplastics
Jaya Krushna Panigrahi, the Secretary of Orissa Environmental Society (OES), is one of the first environmentalists to initiate plastic ban.
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Plastic Oceans: MEPs Back EU Ban on Polluting Throwaway Plastics by 2021
Press Release by the ENVI committee of the European Parliament
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Government Officials Will Use Sense of Smell to Recognise Fake Bioplastics Bags
Malaysia is facing fake and substandard biodegradable plastic bags. Federal Territories Ministry enforcement officers were trained and will use their sense of smell and touch to distinguish real from fake biodegradable bags.
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Trinidad and Tobago Ban Polystyrene
Trinidad & Tobago ban polystyrene products such as styrofoam containers in 2019.
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Brussels To Ban Single Use Plastics
The city of Brussels will ban single-use plastics that is not reusable or recyclable during public events in the public space as from 1 July 2019
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Burundi Bans Plastic Bags
The government of Burundi bans the production, import and sales of plastic bags and other plastic packaging.
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Malaysian School Bans Polystyrene and Straws
Malaysian School bans Polystyrene and Plastic Straws.
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France Issues its Plastic Policy
French Government has issued its action plan and objectives to tackle the plastic problem. We quote: France is declaring war to plastics.
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India and the Bioplastic Bag Fiasco
Karnataka State adds bioplastics bags on the banned list of plastics items because they do not live up to expectations
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San Francisco Will Ban Straws and Fluorinated Plastics
San Francisco will ban straws, napkins, utensils and fluorinated plastics. The City remains the leader in banning plastics.
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Flanders Government Decides on Plastic Packaging
Flemish Government (BE) has taken its decision regarding plastic packaging.
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Indian Plastic Ban is Turning into a Little Fiasco
The Mumbai plastic ban came into effect on Friday 22nd June and it seems already that it’s turning into a little fiasco.
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Belgian Minister Proposes Deposit Fee for Plastic Bottles
It’s election time in Belgium and plastic seems to be a hot topic. Next local elections will take place in October 2018 and Flemish (Flanders) minister Joke Schauvliege wants to jump on the plastic wagon by introducing a new deposit system to reduce litter.
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New York Procurement Bans Polystyrene
It looks like the days of Polystyrene are over in the US. Another US city restricts the use of polystyrene following the move of Washington state earlier this year.
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No More Plastics in the Summer Capital of Philippines
Baguio City, also known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines, keeps the total ban on the use of plastics and styrofoam which was implemented through the Ordinance 35-17.
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Shanghai Goes for Plastic-Free Food Delivery Packaging
The city of Shanghai will trial a requirement for food delivery services to use environmentally friendly food packaging, such as paper takeaway boxes and bags, or face penalties. Will China become the leader of the Plastic Revolution overnight?
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US Towns are Banning Plastic Foam Food Containers
Many US towns are banning Plastic Foam food packaging because they’re hard to recycle. It seems that the plastic revolution is getting of the ground in the US.
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