The medical sector is getting an easy ride as we try to reduce single-use plastic
February 5, 2021. Online
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group is proposing an industry-led “Packaging Exchange” to address the issue of single-use beverage containers going to landfills and littering the environment. Following the launch of its Strategy and Actions position…
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Composting and sieving tests have shown that NEXE Nespresso-Compatible Pods conform to international standards for disintegration. These results meet critical international standards required for certification as compostable materials, including American standards ASTM D6400 and D6868, European standard…
GUELPH, Ontario — Fill it Forward (FiF) has diverted more than five million single-use plastic cups, bottles and containers from the world’s landfills and oceans. This announcement follows the Government of Canada’s plan to ban single-use plastics as early as…
The pandemic has led to a surge in pollution from disposable products like plastic face masks and hand sanitizer bottles. Effective trade rules can help limit the spread of coronavirus waste.
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