Posts tagged microplastic
EU May Ban Single-Use Plastic Across Europe
EU May Ban Single-Use Plastic Across Europe

Single-use plastics include items such as plastic bags, straws, water bottles, and many forms of food packaging and the European Commission’s Vice-President of the Executive Cabinet, Frans Timmerman, hinted that the EU may soon be banning them.

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Environment, Leadership, Policy, RegulationJames EdeEU, single use plastic, ban single use plastic across Europe, plastic bags, straws, water bottles, food packaging, Michael Gove, British Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, European Commission’s Vice-President of the Executive Cabinet, Frans Timmerman, #EUDoesntSuck, Vireo Advisors, Scotland, plastic cotton swabs, plastic recycling, microplastic, microplastic pollutionComment
Zero Tolerance of Plastic Pollution of the Oceans: A Global Treaty
Zero Tolerance of Plastic Pollution of the Oceans: A Global Treaty

During a UN's environment ministers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya last month, Norway proposed a zero tolerance of plastic pollution and suggested an international treaty banning plastic waste from entering the sea.

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Environment, Leadership, RegulationJames EdeUN environment ministers, microplastic, BBC, Vireo Advisors, Norway, UN's environment ministers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, nternational treaty banning plastic waste, microplasticsComment
Plastics being "Washed Out" of Big Brand's Packaging
Plastics being "Washed Out" of Big Brand's Packaging

More than 150 companies are asking that governments ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging due to the negative effects it can have on the environment and marine wildlife in a statement organized by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative.

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Environment, Policy, RegulationJames Edemicroplastic, oxo-degradable plastic packaging, New Plastics Economy initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Unilever, Pepsico, natural ecosystem, littering, waste management techniquesComment