Banning bags, along with other plastic packaging, is the most commonly used remedy to rein in plastic waste. So far, 115 nations have taken that approach, but in different ways. In France, bags ...

Plastic bag bans and fees are growing in popularity. More than 100 countries regulate the bags, and 175 countries are in talks to create the first-ever global plastics treaty, according to the study.

Smokers around the world buy roughly 6.5 trillion cigarettes each year. That’s 18 billion every day. While most of a cigarette’s innards and paper wrapping disintegrate when smoked, not ...

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NY environmental advocates push for a bill to cut plastic packaging use by 30% in 12 years; the bill faces strong corporate opposition but gains local support.

If plastic on and in our food supply concerns you, here’s one thing you can do right now: Tell Sysco, the largest food distributor, to reduce their use of plastic packaging. Sysco’s shareholders ...

These regulations, effective from 1 April 2025, require brands to include at least 30% recycled content in rigid plastic packaging. Saxena said: “We are pleased to offer our latest innovation—the ...

“As on date, it is among the world’s biggest frameworks for EPR implementation on plastic packaging,” says a senior official of the environment ministry. Beginning this April, beverage companies, ...

Plastic, a synthetic organic polymer, is made from petroleum, and just 20 companies are the source of more than half of the single-use plastics in the world. Skip to main content.