Regulatory & Policy

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…

CANADA – The government of Canada has revealed plans to ban companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of…

SWEDEN – Swiss packaging machinery provider Bobst has announced a strategic partnership for a closed-loop of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based multilayer laminates used for thermoformed…

USA – The US Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) has passed a bipartisan amendment to ban the use of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl…