Regulatory & Policy

ENGLAND – The charge for single-use plastic carrier bags has cut usage in England by 97% since 2015 according to data shared by DEFRA. England’s…

INDIA – The Government of India has proposed adding additional health warnings to tobacco packaging, reports The Hindu Business Line. The latest notification from the…

UK – The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is urging the UK Government to introduce a further ban on unrecyclable plastics to curb household waste…

INDIA – Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has seized 1,926.8 kg of single-use plastic in its eight zones since the nationwide ban imposed on July…

EUROPE – The European Commission has fined packaging companies Crown and Silgan a total of €31.5million ($31.55 million) for participating in a cartel concerning sales…

USA – California’s governor, Gavin Newsom has signed a new “Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act” into law to significantly reduce single-use plastics, becoming the first…

UAE – The Executive Council of Dubai has implemented a tariff of 25 fils (US$0.06) for each single-use plastic bag, as part of the UAE’s…

PORTUGAL – United Nations has declared that the world is facing an “ocean emergency,” during the UN Ocean Conference 2022 hosted in Portugal. The event…

INDIA – India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has announced the ban on the production, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of identified…

MOZAMBIQUE – The Mozambican authorities have adopted a law to ban the use of plastic bags by 2024 as a measure to reduce plastic pollution…