Dried beans and lentils instead of canned
Cans have a thin plastic lining. Dried beans, chickpeas and lentils avoid it, and cooked from dry they cost about 40% less per serving.
Food packaging and film
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Heat ready meals on a plate, not in the black tray
Many ready meals, including some sold as healthy or high-protein, come in black plastic trays. Tip the food onto a plate or into a…
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British Columbia Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation (B.C. Reg. 254/2023)
British Columbia bans plastic checkout bags and plastic single-use cutlery, restricts foam takeaway ware, and sets minimum charges for paper and reusable bags.
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Canada Federal Plastics Registry (reporting under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act)
Companies that put 1,000 kg or more a year of plastic packaging, electrical goods or single-use plastic products on the Canadian market must report…
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Australian Capital Territory single-use plastics bans
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) banned plastic cutlery, stirrers and polystyrene foam food containers from 1 July 2021, adding straws, cotton buds and oxo-degradable…
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EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (2025/40)
Binding EU rules requiring all packaging to be recyclable by 2030, with bans on single-use plastic packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, for eating…
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EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (2019/904)
Bans plastic cutlery, plates, straws, stirrers, cotton buds and expanded polystyrene (foam) food containers across the EU. Bottle caps must stay attached, and bottles…
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EU ban on bisphenol A (BPA) in food-contact materials (2024/3190)
Bans bisphenol A and related bisphenols in food-contact plastics, coatings, inks and adhesives; in force since January 2025, with the main prohibition binding from…
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UK Plastic Packaging Tax
A per-tonne tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30 percent recycled content, rising with inflation each April.
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UK packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR)
Producers now pay the full net cost of collecting and managing household packaging waste under regulations in force since 1 January 2025, with plastic…