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Single use
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Healthcare is still hooked on single-use plastic PPE, but there are more sustainable options
The medical sector is getting an easy ride as we try to reduce single-use plastic
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Ready for the Replacements? Goodbye Single Use Plastics, Hello____?
February 5, 2021. Online
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Hong Kong working towards EPR for beverage containers
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…
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NEXE pods achieve international composting standard
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…
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Fill it Forward diverts over five million cups
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…
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Trade policy is key in dealing with plastic pollution
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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Covid-19 has resurrected single-use plastics
Are they back to stay?
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Three reasons why banning plastic bags is problematic
The entire story of their effects must be more closely considered
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Biodegradable vs. recyclable plastics: Which is better for the environment?
Only about half of bioplastics are plastics are even biodegradable in the first place
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Bottled up frustration for PET
Changes in tourism and travel due to the pandemic will affect pries and supply of PET resin feedstocks