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Kenya: President Kenyatta promises plastic ban by 2020
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to implement a single-use plastic ban across the country by 2020. The president’s announcement...
Tel Aviv Schools Ban Single Use Plastic for Meals
The Tel Aviv municipality announced on Monday that it will remove all disposable plates, cups and eating utensils from the city’s...
Albuquerque plastic bag ban will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020
In a 3-to-1 vote, Bernalillo County commissioners on Tuesday approved a ban on single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam containers in the...
Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags takes effect in Providence, RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — Providence's single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect on Tuesday. Starting then, stores will be forced to offer...
2020 ban on plastic straws, cotton buds + stirrers set to come into force in England on 6 April 2020
UK and EU prepare for single use plastic bans Single use plastic products are no longer just being discouraged – both the UK and the...
Plastic bags are now banned in Victoria - $50k fines + 96% of Victorians support the ban
The Victorian Government has implemented a statewide ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags at almost all retailers across Victoria...
London theatre the Royal Court to ban visitors from bringing single-use plastic bottles
Audience members at the Royal Court theatre will be banned from taking in single-use plastic bottles as part of a mission to become a...
Baltimore Moving Forward on Plastic Bag Ban
This week, a committee of Baltimore’s City Council voted to send a bill placing prohibitions on plastic bags to the full council for...
John Lewis bans 5p plastic carrier bags and swaps out bubble wrap for eco-friendly packaging
John Lewis is banning 5p plastic carrier bags and scrapping its bubble wrap for eco-friendly packaging. The chain is trying out a ban at...
Tesco to remove one billion pieces of plastic from products by the end of 2020
Tesco has today announced it will remove one billion pieces of plastic from products for sale in UK stores by the end of 2020 as a part...
Nova Scotia passes legislation banning single-use plastic bags in 2020
MLAs passed legislation banning the bags on Tuesday at Province House. The law comes into effect in a year, giving retailers and the...
Zalando, the Largest EU Online Fashion Retailer Plans to Remove its Plastic Packaging by 2023
Zalando, Europe's biggest online-only fashion retailer, announced plans on Wednesday to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide, eliminate...
Tesco to cut plastic waste with reusable tins and tubs in 2020 initiative with Loop
Sky’s impact investment fund has made its largest investment in a zero-waste shopping service which aims to remove single-use plastic...
Asda to trial refillable packaging from 2020 in bid to ditch plastic
Asda customers will be able to bring in their own refillable containers from next year in a bid to cut down on plastic. The supermarket...
P&G to double the amount of recycled plastic in household cleaning products by 2020 - 9,000 tonnes
The Procter & Gamble Company has announced it will more than double the amount of recycled plastic in its packaging for household...
Los Angeles is testing “plastic asphalt” that makes it possible to recycle roads
A street in downtown L.A. will soon be repaved, but the road won’t be quite the standard asphalt road we’re used to. Instead, it will be...
Huggies to eliminate plastics from baby wipes and packaging by 2024
The brand will have removed 50 tonnes of plastics from its products by the end of 2019 by removing excess packaging from 12 and 18...
Dove soap bar packaging will be plastic free by end of 2020
By the end of the year, Dove will start selling shower gel, shampoo, and other products in 100% postconsumer recycled bottles. It’s one...
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