NGOs in the United States including Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Earth Justice, and the Environmental Defense Fund, launch campaign calling on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update its rules about chemicals present in food packaging; new campaign targets heavy metals, PFAS, phthalates, and perchlorate
New Australian lab to measure micro- and nanoplastics in humans
University of Queensland opens one of the world’s first plastics contamination-controlled labs jointly with Minderoo Foundation; studies micro- and nanoplastics in human blood and tissue samples; steel walls, cotton lab coats, and extensive testing of all construction materials limits environmental plastic contamination
Circular Economy Systems Thinking and Scale
Regulatorische Risikobewertung von Substanzgemischen mit dem Mixture Assessment Factor
Sustainability in Packaging Europe
Biobased Coatings Europe 2021
Future of Polyolefins
UK supermarket coalition co-developing refill system
Four UK supermarket chains announce they are partnering to create a single food refill system that works across all their stores and delivery platforms; want to reduce single-use plastic packaging; details and trial locations to be announced later in 2022