The draft Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021, which the Union environment ministry announced on March 11, has proposed a blanket ban on a list of plastic items, among other changes. The draft notification is in keeping with India’s announcement at the UN Environment Assembly in 2019, where it piloted a resolution for a global […]
Unilever has worked with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to create a system of recycling machines which use artificial intelligence to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging. The initiative, Waste Free World, is the first of its type and could accelerate the process of returning high grade plastic back into a closed-loop recycling system. There are […]
Claims about biodegradability and compostability are widely used to label products and packaging regarding their endof-life. Biodegradation can take place in different systems (industrial or home composting) and environments (soil, water). What is biodegradability? Biodegradability is the potential of a material to follow the process of biodegradation. Biodegradation is a biochemical process during which microorganisms […]
When the global plastics industry is gradually shifting toward sustainable production, another revolution is taking place among plastic businesses – the “green” revolution. The rapid transition to eco-friendly products along with green production and consumption promotion policies is motivating global plastic manufacturers to map out their development strategies for the future. As a leading plastic […]
Shoppers in Jakarta will soon be unable to carry their groceries in single-use plastic bags as the Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited gubernatorial regulation banning such plastic bags from traditional and modern markets starting June this year. The regulation – Gubernatorial Regulation No. 142/2019 on eco-friendly bag usage – was signed by Jakarta Governor […]
Chinese material manufacturers plan to dramatically increase their output of biodegradable plastics made from plants in response to China’s ban against disposal plastic bags. A single company, China BBCA Group, aims to build up its capacity to produce the plastic to a level that far outstrips global demand. The scale of these plans attests to […]
While enjoying New Year celebrations, many Chinese residents noticed they had to bid adieu not just to 2020, but also convenient, single-use plastic items at supermarkets, food stalls, and coffee shops. And atop the list are plastic straws, which are almost indispensable in the lives of milk-tea-addicted Chinese young people. The first day of 2021 […]
In March 2021, AnEco successfully registered the trademark in the United States, opening up a great opportunity for An Phat Holdings’ compostable product line to enter this potential market. The first brick to build a new house Accordingly, after the application period, on March 2, 2021, the AnEco trademark registration was officially approved by the […]
An Phat Holdings does not only supplies compostable materials to eco-friendly product manufacturers, but also assists customers and partners in distributing those products to consumers. As a pioneer enterprise operating in the field of biodegradation in Vietnam, An Phat Holdings is not only a green material trader, but its business ideal goes beyond that. Born […]
Nestlé (Vevy/ Switzerland; www.nestle.com) và Jacob Douwe Egberts UK (Maidenhead; www.douwe-egberts.co.uk) đã hợp tác để triển khai “Podback”, một chương trình về tái chế vỏ viên nén cà phê, sẽ được bắt đầu vào đầu năm sau. Hai công ty tuyên bố rằng kế hoạch này sẽ là sự hợp tác xuyên ngành đầu tiên […]
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