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Why Polypropylene Bags Are Replacing Single-Use Plastics Across Modern Packaging Operations
#Environment #Economy #Packaging #PackagingIndustry #Polypropylene #PlasticPollution #SingleUsePlastic #Sustainability #Logistics #EcoFriendly #WasteReduction
https://the-14.com/why-polypropylene-bags-are-replacing-single-use-plastics-across-modern-packaging-operations/ -
Why Polypropylene Bags Are Replacing Single-Use Plastics Across Modern Packaging Operations
#Environment #Economy #Packaging #PackagingIndustry #Polypropylene #PlasticPollution #SingleUsePlastic #Sustainability #Logistics #EcoFriendly #WasteReduction
https://the-14.com/why-polypropylene-bags-are-replacing-single-use-plastics-across-modern-packaging-operations/ -
Plastic Free July
Full article is at:
https://mcs-aware.org/articles/plastic-free-july/ -
Plastic Free July
Full article is at:
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Seventeen states are challenging California's new plastic law in court, while wholesalers and environmentalists also weigh in. #singleuseplastic
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Officials conducted raids against banned single-use plastic across South, North and West City Corporations on 17 June 2026. ₹1.26 lakh in fines were collected and over 240 kg of plastic was seized.
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☕️🚫 Breaking news: Starbucks' "Widely Recyclable" cups were about as recyclable as your grandma's fruitcake. Turns out, Beyond Plastics uncovered that these cups didn't even grace the steps of a #recycling facility. 🌍♻️ But fear not, they're working tirelessly to stop single-use plastic pollution—right after their next coffee break.
https://www.beyondplastics.org/press-releases/starbucks-cups-recyclable-report #Starbucks #BeyondPlastics #SingleUsePlastic #EnvironmentalNews #HackerNews #ngated -
☕️🚫 Breaking news: Starbucks' "Widely Recyclable" cups were about as recyclable as your grandma's fruitcake. Turns out, Beyond Plastics uncovered that these cups didn't even grace the steps of a #recycling facility. 🌍♻️ But fear not, they're working tirelessly to stop single-use plastic pollution—right after their next coffee break.
https://www.beyondplastics.org/press-releases/starbucks-cups-recyclable-report #Starbucks #BeyondPlastics #SingleUsePlastic #EnvironmentalNews #HackerNews #ngated -
France postpones a plastic cup ban by four years.
The French government postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives.
The ban was meant to start on 1 January. But the ministry for ecological transition said the "technical feasibility of eliminating plastic from cups" following a review this year justified pushing back the deadline.
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France postpones a plastic cup ban by four years.
The French government postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives.
The ban was meant to start on 1 January. But the ministry for ecological transition said the "technical feasibility of eliminating plastic from cups" following a review this year justified pushing back the deadline.
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What it takes to clean up #plastic -
One of the world's most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics. It's not so easy https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-lagos-geneva-plastics-pollution-treaty-5e6358f2d8197445a45a1fee8dfff7da
#recycling #singleuseplastic #Lagos #environment #climateaction
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What it takes to clean up #plastic -
One of the world's most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics. It's not so easy https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-lagos-geneva-plastics-pollution-treaty-5e6358f2d8197445a45a1fee8dfff7da
#recycling #singleuseplastic #Lagos #environment #climateaction
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UK households to be paid to return bottles & cans
A Deposit Return Scheme is set to go live in England & Northern Ireland in October 2027 for all drinks cans and plastic bottles larger than 150ml.
Not a moment too soon given the amount of them still blighting everywhere.
Between now and then, anything could happen and probably will !
Remember, we always used to do this.
#Recycling #SingleUsePlastic #DrinksCans #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #DepositReturnScheme
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2050365/households-paid-bottles-Tesco-Asda
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UK households to be paid to return bottles & cans
A Deposit Return Scheme is set to go live in England & Northern Ireland in October 2027 for all drinks cans and plastic bottles larger than 150ml.
Not a moment too soon given the amount of them still blighting everywhere.
Between now and then, anything could happen and probably will !
Remember, we always used to do this.
#Recycling #SingleUsePlastic #DrinksCans #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #DepositReturnScheme
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2050365/households-paid-bottles-Tesco-Asda
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When I was a kid, potato chips came in paper bags covered in foil. Single serving pudding came in tins. Pop came in cans or glass bottles. Milk came in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers. Groceries were carried in paper bags.
In my lifetime, single use plastics has increased exponentially.
And now we each have enough microplastics in our brains to make a plastic spoon.
#plastic #PlasticPollution #SingleUsePlastic #pollution -
When I was a kid, potato chips came in paper bags covered in foil. Single serving pudding came in tins. Pop came in cans or glass bottles. Milk came in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers. Groceries were carried in paper bags.
In my lifetime, single use plastics has increased exponentially.
And now we each have enough microplastics in our brains to make a plastic spoon.
#plastic #PlasticPollution #SingleUsePlastic #pollution -
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwykzqed5o
What a hero!
High time such plastic packaging reverted to that seen back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Metal tins were so much nicer and could easily be recycled from home without the need for a specialist processing centre.
It would be wonderful to see some of the old brands again too, rather than the 'Big 4' - Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations, & Heroes.
#Plastic #SingleUsePlastic #AntiPlastic #Recycling #Confectionery #Netley #Hampshire #Environment
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwykzqed5o
What a hero!
High time such plastic packaging reverted to that seen back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Metal tins were so much nicer and could easily be recycled from home without the need for a specialist processing centre.
It would be wonderful to see some of the old brands again too, rather than the 'Big 4' - Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations, & Heroes.
#Plastic #SingleUsePlastic #AntiPlastic #Recycling #Confectionery #Netley #Hampshire #Environment
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I had no idea. I am a partially plastic person … we all are. See this movie. 🎥 #plasticpeople #microplastics #environment #plastic #poison #pfas #benzine #singleuseplastic #oilindustry #greed #money #particles #nonPlasticCommunities youtu.be/baJ8hWxrB5s?...
Plastic People | Official Trai... -
Now beta-testing an automated feed of detections of #SingleUsePlastic packaging waste. See it here: @[email protected] Originally operated in The Other Place: unwaste.medium.com/we-found-you...
We Found @YourPlasticHere: Pub... -
Now beta-testing an automated feed of detections of #SingleUsePlastic packaging waste. See it here: @[email protected] Originally operated in The Other Place: unwaste.medium.com/we-found-you...
We Found @YourPlasticHere: Pub... -
So why does #BigPlastic expect people to #recycle plastic?
There is no cost to just discarding #SingleUsePlastic, and there is a cost in time and effort of the consumer to get the plastic to a recycling center; there is a cost to sort waste to extract plastic from a waste stream to recycle it; there is a still intractable cost problem of clean plastic for recycling.
So maybe the first step is to reward consumers for returning single use plastics for recycling. Of course, how does one generate that reward? And how large does it have to be, and how easy does it have to be to claim it? And what is the impact on low income households? And how is that system designed and implemented?
Big Plastic is profitable BECAUSE they have a one way process - make, sell, and forget. No responsibility after the sale for the end of life impacts.
#PlasticPollution is a problem because #IndustryDeception is so common
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So why does #BigPlastic expect people to #recycle plastic?
There is no cost to just discarding #SingleUsePlastic, and there is a cost in time and effort of the consumer to get the plastic to a recycling center; there is a cost to sort waste to extract plastic from a waste stream to recycle it; there is a still intractable cost problem of clean plastic for recycling.
So maybe the first step is to reward consumers for returning single use plastics for recycling. Of course, how does one generate that reward? And how large does it have to be, and how easy does it have to be to claim it? And what is the impact on low income households? And how is that system designed and implemented?
Big Plastic is profitable BECAUSE they have a one way process - make, sell, and forget. No responsibility after the sale for the end of life impacts.
#PlasticPollution is a problem because #IndustryDeception is so common
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ADC imposes 25 thousand rupees fine for using single use plastic in Baijnath.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_adc_fine_shop_single_use_plastic
#himachal #india #press #news #plastic #singleuseplastic #plasticban #ban #fine #shop #consumers #environment #earth #pollution #government #governance
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We published our March 2024 data report.
This is a curated report based upon data about #SingleUsePlastic waste produced by #FMCG brands, as collected by the #Wastebase digital platform.
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All great things are made of small things... Today, one of our students achieved proof of principle on turning #singleuseplastic bottles into filament for #3dprinting! Then a #benchy was printed..
From here we scale up production and start making #openhardware out of plastic bottles!! -
@popchicken
I love this idea. I empty the bin by the village bottle bank regularly. It never ceases to amaze me how many bags are thrown away, not just single use bags, Bags for Life too, some often look new
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@popchicken
I love this idea. I empty the bin by the village bottle bank regularly. It never ceases to amaze me how many bags are thrown away, not just single use bags, Bags for Life too, some often look new
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Is there anything more quintessentially American than potatoes, individually wrapped in #singleuseplastic ?
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Recently-published - dataset of #FMCG #SingleUsePlastic waste up to end of December 2023.
Data from 13 countries.
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/wastebase/plastic-bottle-waste
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Good to see a local coffee shop starting to do this on the #IsleofMan and hopefully one day the big brand ones will change also. Sick of seeing the mess single use ones make.
Governments need to push harder for this. It's not hard to clean a cup and bring it.
Well done #Noa
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Good to see a local coffee shop starting to do this on the #IsleofMan and hopefully one day the big brand ones will change also. Sick of seeing the mess single use ones make.
Governments need to push harder for this. It's not hard to clean a cup and bring it.
Well done #Noa
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Challan (Fine) will be cut on using single use plastic: ADC.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_fine_on_single_use_plastic_adc_jassal
#himachal #india #news #press #dharamshala #plastic #earth #ban #singleuseplastic #saveearth #saveplanet #saynotoplastic #noplastic
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CW: ukpol but positive
I've just seen that the UK Government will ban #SingleUse #Vapes. This is definitely a good thing to cut down on #SingleUsePlastic and other pollutants. Let's hope the Opposition go along with it!
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I guess it comes down to cost, but personally I would ask "If they can do it now, what have they been waiting for all these years?"
Why does it take a law banning the use of single-use plastic packaging before retailers or manufacturers will do anything major towards reducing #ClimateChange?
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brand #Dove is pumping billions of single-use plastic bottles and sachets into vulnerable communities. Dove tells us they care about women but are poisoning our planet with plastic. They’re relentlessly polluting communities of colour in countries like India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Concerned? -open letter demanding change - can you sign it too? Let's make Dove realise their time of plastic hypocrisy is over. Thank you, https://act.gp/3QEqkAq
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The problem of plastic pollution is too big for any one nation to handle. That’s why we need a global approach. It’s worked before with the ozone layer and acid rain and it can work again with plastic.
We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why
#recycling #plastic #plasticpollution #unitednations #montrealprotocol #PlasticWaste #plasticrecycling #Globalplasticstreaty #Microplasticpollution #Oceanplasticpollution #Plasticpollutiontreaty #Single-useplastic #UNEnvironmentAssembly -
Think that your #plastic is being recycled? Think again.
Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price.
By Douglas Main
October 12, 2023"#PlasticPollution—'a scourge on a planetary scale,' as French president Emmanuel Macron has put it—most affects those least able to deal with its consequences. Noting that the #PlasticIndustry generates upward of $700 billion a year in revenues, the UN Environment Programme (#UNEP) also concluded that the industry 'inflicts a heavy burden on #HumanHealth and #EnvironmentalDegradation, with the poorest in society facing the highest impacts whilst contributing the least to plastic over-consumption and waste.'
"This is true at every stage of plastic’s life cycle. #Manufacturing plants are concentrated in communities of color—such as in #Louisiana, in an area along the #MississippiRiver often called '#CancerAlley,' which is home to nearly 150 #OilRefineries, plastics plants, and #chemical facilities. Such plants emit #AirPollution that raises risks of cancer and other diseases. A panel of UN human rights experts said the situation amounts to a 'form of environmental racism [that] poses serious and disproportionate threats to the ... human rights of its largely #AfricanAmerican residents.'
"This pollution also disproportionately harms poor and developing countries that produce little or no plastic, such as those in #Africa, the #Pacific, and elsewhere."
#PlasticPollution #BigOil #SingleUsePlastic #EnvironmentalRacism
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Climate crisis: Coca-Cola trial to make bottle tops from CO2 emissions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67060151
#ClimateCrisis #CocaCola #Emissions #FossilFuel #SingleUsePlastic #CircularEconomy #NetZero #CarbonFootprint #SwanseaUniversity #Wales
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I love this article about those tiny plastic pizza tables that keep the box lid off a freshly-made delivery/take-out pizza.
"If all single-use plastics are banned, Kalaydjian said he'll come up with some other solution, or figures someone else will."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-pizza-saver-1.6968750
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England's single-use plastics ban does not tackle takeaway boxes, warns Greenpeace
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66946643
#SingleUsePlastic #TakeAway #TakeOut #NoToPlastic #Environment #Eco
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I can't even buy a lettuce which isn't wrapped in single use plastic at my local supermarket.