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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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) ...
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...
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano What is shaping the bioplastics industry? The answer lies at the European Bioplastics Confere...
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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...
The Renewable Materials Conference kicked off on Tuesday, June 11, in Siegburg, Germany. It’s the world's largest conference on biomass-based chemicals and materials, CCU or chemical recycling...
From the 11th to the 13th of June, Siegburg/Cologne, Germany, will host the third Renewable Materials Conference (RMC), the world's leading event for chemicals and materials based on biomass, carbon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
* 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...
In the pink year of Barbie, talk of the environmental impact of toys is back on the table. Alongside the diatribes about the glossy feminist message of Greta Gerwig's film, the sales figures of the ...
Indian EPR legislation for “Plastic Waste Management Rules”, approved in 2016, asserts the responsibility of producers, importers, and trademark owners to ensure the treatment of their w...
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 ...
