Tag: single-use plastics
B.C. municipalities empowered to ban single-use plastics
Municipalities throughout British Columbia (B.C.) (Canada) can now move more quickly to prevent plastics from polluting their communities. Under new rules, local governments can…
New Jersey Governor Signs Strongest Ban on Single-Use Plastics in Nation, Promotes Reusable Bags
In a win for wildlife and waterways, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the strongest single-use plastics ban in the nation into law today. Going…
Anti-plastic pollution movement urges EU countries to take rapid action to effectively transpose single-use plastics Directive
Only a few countries are on track to transpose the EU’s single-use plastics Directive into their national laws, but they need to act quickly to…
Confusion, resistance as Indonesian capital starts single-use plastics ban
Confusion reigned in malls and markets in Indonesia’s capital on Thursday as a new ban on single-use plastics in one of the world’s biggest ocean-polluting…
EU dismisses industry calls to lift ban on single-use plastics
Deadlines have to be respected, says the European Commission in response to calls by industry to lift an EU-wide ban on some single-use plastic items…
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