recycling

November 28, 2023

Canadian Federal Court overrules government’s plastics toxicity label

Justice Angela Furlanetto deemed the Canadian Environment and Climate Change Department’s classification of manufactured plastics products as toxic unconstitutional; the federal government is appealing the decision; single use plastics ban is still in effect

Topics: Canada, plastics

Reading time: 1 minute

November 28, 2023

European Parliament adopts amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Includes ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and bisphenol A in food packaging and general packaging reduction targets; decreases reuse obligations

Topics: EU, Europe, European Parliament, policy, PPWR

Reading time: 3 minutes

November 23, 2023

Study detects DNA-reactive, mutagenic substances in recycled PE, PP, and PS

119 plastic samples including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) tested for mutagenicity; no DNA-reactive, mutagenic substances in PET but in 51 of the other samples, making them unsafe, especially for food contact applications; recycling process identified as source; dataset of over 600 organic chemicals in recycled high-density PE pellets published

Topics: chemical analytics, plastics, recycling, toxicity testing

Reading time: 4 minutes

November 22, 2023

Report assesses benefits of increasing reusable beverage packaging

Estimates that ten percent increase in reusable packaging by 2030 could eliminate over 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles and cups; finds expanding reuse to be more effective than expanding recycling; calls for beverage companies to set reuse targets

Topics: plastic treaty, reuse, single-use plastic

Reading time: 3 minutes

November 17, 2023

Earth Action report assesses leakage of plastic additives into the environment

Earth Action (EA) publishes report quantifying plastic additives leaking into the environment; estimates more than 6,000,000 tons of additives leak into the environment annually by applying a mathematical modeling approach; briefing paper assesses environmental and human health impacts of plastic additives and discusses ways forward

Topics: additives, chemicals, environment, gloabl plastics treaty, plastic

Reading time: 5 minutes

November 16, 2023

Effective plastics treaty needs to include investments in reduce, reuse, and redesign, scientists highlight

Reveal financial disbalance in Zero Draft to favor recycling over reduction, redesign, and reuse; prone to result in even more plastic waste generation; call for finance shift towards upstream, midstream solutions such as clear and strong extended producer responsibility obligations in the global plastics treaty

Topics: gloabl plastics treaty, plastics. regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 14, 2023

United Nations commissioner recalls the human ‘right to science’

Explains that this right has never been that threatened before although key to the survival of humankind; provides six steps ensuring human rights to benefit from science such as a protection of scientists from attacks and against conflicts-of-interests

Topics: regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 13, 2023

Global plastics treaty should include chemical simplification, scientists demand

Highlight reduction of chemicals used in plastics production as one necessary step towards safer recycling, in addition to stricter regulation to increase transparency on plastic producer side and phase out of harmful chemicals; call for inclusion of these obligations in global plastics treaty

Topics: gloabl plastics treaty, plastics, regulation

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 8, 2023

Monomers migrate from plastics, some are EDCs

In a comprehensive review, researchers from the University of South Africa discuss the monomer migration from plastic food packaging, focusing on known endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs); migration process, potential health impacts discussed

Topics: monomers

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 6, 2023

Report discusses sustainability and circularity claims on PET drinking bottles

Says true circularity for PET bottles in Europe is unobtainable; limited by current mechanical recycling processes and infrastructure; argues that claims of recyclability and recycled content are misleading; calls for more standardized communication practices

Topics: circularity, PET, recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

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November 28, 2023

Canadian Federal Court overrules government’s plastics toxicity label

November 28, 2023

European Parliament adopts amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

November 23, 2023

Study detects DNA-reactive, mutagenic substances in recycled PE, PP, and PS

November 22, 2023

Report assesses benefits of increasing reusable beverage packaging

November 17, 2023

Earth Action report assesses leakage of plastic additives into the environment

November 16, 2023

Effective plastics treaty needs to include investments in reduce, reuse, and redesign, scientists highlight

November 14, 2023

United Nations commissioner recalls the human ‘right to science’

November 13, 2023

Global plastics treaty should include chemical simplification, scientists demand

November 8, 2023

Monomers migrate from plastics, some are EDCs

November 6, 2023

Report discusses sustainability and circularity claims on PET drinking bottles

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