Startups Step In as Global Plastic Agreement Falters
The latest round of negotiations in Geneva on a global plastics agreement has once again ended without concrete results. More than 180 nations participated, but no consensus emerged. Despite ov...
Global Plastics Treaty, INC-5.2 ends without agreement and amid controversy
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a night of closed-door meetings and a day later than scheduled, the final plenary session of...
Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The extended fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a Global P...
EU pellet regulation: environment and health sacrificed in the name of simplification
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Started in October 2023 as part of the Zero Pollution Action Plan promoted by the former European ...
Italy Leads the Way in The Sustainable Management of Plastic Packaging Waste
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In 2022, according to Eurostat data, 36.1 kg of plastic packaging waste per capita was generated i...
Startup, Kuori: Bioplastics from Olive Pits and Nut Shells
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2022, Kuori is a Swiss cleantech company that uses food byproducts such as olive pits a...
Novamont’s Bioeconomy for Farming
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Although vital for certain purposes, some plastics used in farming can be sources of micro and nan...
Corepla: Testing the Recyclability of Plastic Packaging
When it comes to creating truly circular plastic packaging, the design stage is everything. Therefore, improving the recyclability of plastic waste is one of the main goals of Corepla, Italy&rs...
Global plastics treaty, INC-5 closes without agreement and is postponed to 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At 2.50 a.m. of Monday, 2 December in Busan, South Korea, the fifth round of negotiations (INC-5) ...
Global plastics treaty: is a weak agreement better than none at all?
This article is available also in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The fifth and final round of negotiations (INC-5) for a Global Plastics Treaty begins today, Novem...
Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem
Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...
Plastic, 56 companies are responsible for half of the world’s pollution
Plastic pollution is one of the most serious problems in today’s world, because of the growing production and difficulty of disposing of this material. Now a study reveals which are the most r...
Global plastics treaty, the 4th negotiation ended amid stonewalling and misinformation
The fourth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for the development of an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution was held in Ott...
Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use
The industrial production of plastic began around 1950 and has increased exponentially in the years since, substantially exceeding that of any other manufactured material. A 2020 study publish...
"Biodegradable" tableware violates plastic pollution regulation
This is the second article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ a...
Tomra separates food-grade plastic from non-food-grade plastic with deep learning
* from Koblenz An intelligence capable of making decisions within milliseconds, based on information learned gradually over time, improving day by day the ability to distinguish a waste. Th...
From Novamont Mater-Bi films for compostable trays and capsules, even at home
New Mater-Bi films for food trays and capsules are now also compostable at home. The news was announced by Novamont at the 2024 edition of Marca, a modern organized distribution (DMO) trade show, wh...
The "sustainable" bioplastic that pollutes Bangkok's air
This is the first article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ along with Eu Obs...
Global plastics treaty, third round of negotiations closes without agreement
The third round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-3) ended on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 19 without agreement on how to move forward. The INC Secretariat was mandated to draft ...
Startup: ShareWares Revolutionizes EPR Starting with Takeaway Cups
ShareWares is a pioneering company in the field of extended producer responsibility, which promotes the concept of shared property and facilitates the reuse and redistribution of products. The ...