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June 12, 2025
India accepting comments on revised guide of suitability of plastics for packaging guide, approves recycled PET for food contact; Indonesia mandating new paper and paperboard standard, updated FCM regulation published; new law in Singapore streamlines FCM regulations; Thailand plans to regulate food contact paper, bans plastic waste imports
Reading time: 3 minutes
November 1, 2022
Nations in Southeast Asia collectively working on reducing plastic pollution and related chemical hazards; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signs off on project to “combat” marine plastic; Thailand plans ban on plastic scrap imports; new research available on sources of plastic pollution in Indonesia and Vietnam; Vietnam and Singapore implementing stricter chemical regulations; extended producer responsibility for plastic waste becomes law in Philippines
Topics: ASEAN, Indonesia, Philippines, plastics, POP, Singapore, Stockholm Convention, Thailand, Vietnam
Reading time: 6 minutes
