Croatia bans single-use plastic products
Croatia's parliament has adopted a new law on waste management which bans the sale of single-use plastic products.
Plastic Free July: How much plastic waste is dumped into the ocean?
While the US is the world’s biggest generator of plastic waste, India is responsible for dumping the largest amounts of plastics into the ocean.
Only a handful of EU countries ban single-use plastics as deadline expires
The EU's deadline to ban single-use plastics has passed, but only a handful of member states have done enough to comply.
Lego unveils prototype brick made from recycled PET plastic
Danish plastic construction toy producer Lego Group has unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic.
Report reveals world’s biggest single use plastics producers, investors
The Plastic Waste Makers Index identified ExxonMobil, Barclays, Vanguard and Saudi Arabia as the biggest producers and investors in single use plastics
Coca-Cola tops list of 10 corporate plastic polluters of 2020
Top polluters are Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Unilever, Mondelez International, Mars, Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, Colgate-Palmolive, and Perfetti Van Melle.
Dubrovnik to abolish single-use plastics by 2030
The City of Dubrovnik has committed itself to reducing its environmental footprint by eliminating single-use plastics as well as preventing the influx of plastic into nature by 2030. In the next two years alone, the city plans to reduce plastic pollution by 30%. About 400,000 tons of plastic waste is generated in Croatia every year, […]
Abandoning single-use plastic is possible – let’s follow this good example
As the global Plastic Free July campaign is drawing to a close, people are becoming noticeably aware that abandoning single-use plastic is no longer a matter of choice, given that massive quantities of plastic waste are a threat not only to nature, but also to human health. Even though the campaign is formally closing, initiatives […]