Day: October 19, 2023

A new Global Plastic Laws Database has just been launched. It tracks legislation across the full life cycle of plastics and organizes these policies according to life cycle categories and key topics. Adopting policies to reduce plastic pollution on a global scale is widely recognized as a vital step to address this crisis and its associated detrimental impacts on our communities, health, and...

Europe Should Stop Exporting Plastic Wastes to Malaysia and Other Countries A new report issued by the European Commission this summer indicates that 19 out of the 27 European Union (EU) states are at risk of missing their plastics recycling targets. Their collective goal was to recycle 50% of their plastic waste – it doesn’t appear they will get there by 2025. Turkey has in effect, become...