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Britain To Tax Non-Recycled Plastic Packaging

Britain will levy a new tax on those who make or import plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled material, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Mon...

Malaysia To Curb Imports Of Plastic Waste: Minister

Malaysia is taking steps to limit imports of plastic waste, which has flooded the country since China stopped taking in foreign scrap for recycling, housin...

Kaufland Romania Implements Reduced-Plastic Strategy

Kaufland has implemented a reduced-plastic strategy at a store in Bucharest, as part of the group's willingness to tackle plastic waste. The project, im...

World Wide Webb: The Case For Plastic-Free Packaging

In a new online only series, ESM senior reporter Ben Webb takes a sideways look at some of the issues affecting the retail and FMCG industries. In this wee...

Southeast Asia's Plastic 'Addiction' Blights World's Oceans

On her lunch break, Bangkok office worker Chinapa Payakha emerges from a 7-Eleven store with two plastic bags. One holds a Big Gulp soft drink. The othe...

Europe Struggles As Plastic Pollution Piles Up: Analysis

Europe has sent just over half the plastic waste it used to ship to China to other parts of Asia since Beijing's environmental crackdown closed the world's...

Plastic-Eating Enzyme Holds Promise In Fighting Pollution, Study Finds

Scientists in Britain and the United States say that they have engineered an enzyme that eats plastic – a breakthrough that could help in the fight a...