Global movement against plastic pollution: Millions seek solutions this World Environment Day
Global movement against plastic pollution: Millions seek solutions this World Environment Day.More than 150 countries are expected to participate in this year’s World Environment Day on 5 June, while ...
Canada: Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard
Canada is open to the idea of including a requirement to cut back on the production of plastic in a new global treaty to eliminate plastic pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said ...
Los navegantes de la Ocean Race certifican el grave aumento de microplásticos en los mares
Las muestras recogidas en la regata que comenzó en Alicante el 15 de enero indican niveles de contaminación significativamente más altos que las de la anterior (2017-18).Zarparon de los muelles de ...
Growing up in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1980s, Ossey Bernard Yapo picked up bread from the neighborhood bakery using a long fabric bag. And during family celebrations, he would dash off to the grocery ...
Plastics are in our air, food, and water. A reckoning is coming–and smart businesses can see it
Next week, negotiators will meet in Paris to discuss a global plastics treaty. Governments are aiming to agree on a common approach by the end of next year. In the world of multilateral agreements, ...
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Invests $10 Million in Closed Loop Partners’ Circular Plastics Fund, Accelerating More Capital Toward Innovation and Infrastructure for Plastics Recovery and Recycling
Closed Loop Partners announced a $10 million investment in its Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund from Japanese multinational banking and financial services institution Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...
La industria química y de los plásticos pone en valor el gran potencial en I+D de las pioneras tecnologías de reciclaje químico para descarbonizar la industria
El evento Innovación en Reciclado Químico: Apostando por un futuro circular, celebrado en el marco de Equiplast, ha puesto de relieve la gran capacidad de España para convertirse en referente a nivel ...
Study: Recycling, reusing plastics pose chemical risk
A recent analysis by Switzerland-based Food Packaging Forum reviewed hundreds of scientific studies and concluded that recycled and reused food-contact plastics can accumulate and release chemicals ...
Estados Unidos incrementa las importaciones de residuos plásticos
Plastics Industry Association, que representa los intereses del sector del plástico estadounidense, analiza el comercio exterior de residuos plásticos.
Perc Pineda, responsable de temas económicos de ...
Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get underway in Paris
As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as the ...
What role should chemical recycling play in the UN Plastics Treaty?
THIS WEEK IS THE SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE ON PLASTIC POLLUTION, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL COLLABORATION ON PLASTICS.It's sometimes hard to fathom the sobering ...
ESPAÑA ES EL SEGUNDO PAÍS EUROPEO QUE MÁS PLÁSTICO RECICLA, SEGÚN UN ESTUDIO
Las plantas españolas de reciclaje procesaron 1,4 millones de toneladas de residuos plásticos en 2021, un volumen que solo superó Alemania, según un informe de Equiplast.Un estudio asegura que España ...
Reciclaje de plástico en México: el potencial del HDPE
En México, la tasa de acopio para el HDPE es del 26%, de acuerdo con el 3er. Informe del Acuerdo Nacional para la Nueva Economía del Plástico en México.México es uno de los países líderes en ...
High Ambition Coalition Joint Ministerial Statement INC-2
Before the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, we, 57 Ministers of ...
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Campaign group says plastics are incompatible with circular economy as countries prepare for treaty talks.Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not be considered a solution to the ...
LOS RECICLADORES EUROPEOS PIDEN UN REGLAMENTO SOBRE EL TRASLADO DE RESIDUOS QUE PROMUEVA LA CIRCULARIDAD DE LOS PLÁSTICOS
EuRIC asegura que el logro de ambiciosos objetivos obligatorios de contenido reciclado para los envases de plástico requiere un mercado europeo de reciclaje que funcione y esté desfragmentado.En ...
Partnership aims to improve plastic recycling efforts in South America, Southeast Asia
Amcor, Mars and Procter & Gamble have jointly committed $6 million over five years to support Delterra’s initiative.Washington-based Delterra, a global nongovernmental organization (NGO) focused ...
AFRICA: UNEP plan to reduce plastic pollution by 80% by 2040
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), reducing plastic pollution will require significant policy changes and market adjustments at six levels, including structural. The UN ...
EGYPT: Al-Khanasir waste recycling plant capacity to be expanded
The Egyptian Minister of the Environment, Yasmine Fouad, has announced the expansion of the capacity of the Al-Khanasir solid waste recycling plant in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh. The ...
Spedizioni di rifiuti, dagli Stati membri via libera alla riforma
Dopo il Parlamento, anche il Consiglio Ue ha adottato la propria posizione negoziale sulla riforma del regolamento sulle spedizioni di rifiuti. Confermata la linea della Commissione, con una ...