Maine, Oregon, Colorado, California, Minnesota, Maryland and Washington have adopted laws making producers pay for managing their packaging waste (extended producer responsibility, EPR); Oregon’s…
California’s 2022 law requires all single-use packaging to be recyclable or compostable by 2032, a 25 percent cut in plastic packaging and producer-funded extended…
Canada’s bans on checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws, in force since December 2022, were upheld by the Federal…
India’s Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules banned 19 single-use plastic items from 1 July 2022, with enforcement widely reported as weak.
China’s 2020 plan bans non-degradable bags in major cities, single-use straws in food service and polystyrene foam tableware, with national standards now referencing design…
Chile banned plastic shopping bags in large retail from February 2019 and all commerce from August 2020, and its 2021 single-use plastics law completed…
The legally binding global instrument on plastic pollution mandated by UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 in 2022 remains unagreed after six negotiating sessions.
The flimsy roll bags in the fruit aisle are being banned in Western Australia and elsewhere; a washable mesh bag or no bag at…
Fibre left after sugarcane crushing, moulded into plates, bowls and clamshells; a compostable replacement for polystyrene foam (EPS) and PP plastic takeaway ware if…
Antimicrobial film-forming polymer derived from crustacean shells; promising for active food films but still at lab and early-pilot stage with no scaled producer.
