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Tag: bioplastics


Public Utilities, Waste Management

EU single-use plastic ban fails to account for bioplastics

July 6, 2021

Via: Waste Management World

The plastic waste crisis is one of the most environmentally pressing issues the world must face up to. Accelerated production following WWII and throwaway consumerism originally spurred manufacturers to make single-use plastics in form of cutlery, balloons and takeaway boxes. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Plastic Waste – New Approach Outlined in Resourcing the Future Report

June 18, 2018

Via: Waste Management World

A novel use-phase model to categorise plastic products has been advocated in a report launched by the Resourcing the Future partners (CIWM, ESA, the Resource Association and WRAP) at a conference in London, entitled ‘Eliminating avoidable plastic waste by 2042: […]