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Germany is exporting significantly less plastic waste abroad than it was 10 years ago, according to official figures. Last year exports of plastic rubbish were down to around 694,000 tons, a fall of 8% compared to the previous year, the Federal Statistical Office announced on Tuesday. By comparison more than 1.3 million tons was exported from Germany in 2013, so the volume had almost halved since then (minus 48%). The federal statisticians say one reason for the decline is import restrictions imposed by some Asian countries on plastic waste. According to the data, the largest amount of waste w...
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Germany is exporting significantly less plastic waste abroad than it was 10 years ago, according to official figures. Last year exports of plastic rubbish were down to around 694,000 tons, a fall of 8% compared to the previous year, the Federal Statistical Office announced on Tuesday. By comparison more than 1.3 million tons was exported from Germany in 2013, so the volume had almost halved since then (minus 48%). The federal statisticians say one reason for the decline is import restrictions imposed by some Asian countries on plastic waste. According to the data, the largest amount of waste w...
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Plastics with bright colours degrade and form microplastics faster than those with plainer colours, according to new research. Experts at the University of Leicester have demonstrated that colours like reds, blues and greens can significantly affect the rate at which plastics break down. This could potentially mean more harmful microplastics are introduced into the environment. The study, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, is the first time this effect has been proved. Which plastic colours break down faster?The team from the University of Leicester in the UK and the University ...
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Cracking open a cold coke on a hot day is one of life’s great pleasures, but this summer it will be a different experience. That’s because plastic bottles in Europe are changing because of new EU rules. You may have already come across the new plastic caps that are tethered to the bottle. If not, you will do soon as their roll out will be widespread in Europe from July. Here’s why it’s happening and what people think about the new design. What is the new plastic bottle cap design?The new design is quite straightforward. Instead of the caps we are used to that screw fully off, there are extra s...
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Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early Tuesday in Canada. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty. Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled meetings. Most contentious is the idea of limiting how much plastic is manufactured. That remains in the text despite strong objections from plastic-producing countr...
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The simple idea of pinpointing an annual date when humans can no longer properly manage plastic waste was first marked in 2023. Plastic Overshoot Day provided a moment to reflect upon the challenge laid before us. Since the launch of last year’s report and overshoot day, we have had INC2 negotiations in Paris; INC3 in Nairobi, and the published drafts of a Global Plastic Treaty that many hope can be the vehicle for change. But despite these steps forward, it often seems that we are stuck in a cycle of single-use plastic dependency. Whilst policy has been mooted, schemes devised and initiatives...
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Bangkok (AFP) - Sachets, bouteilles, gobelets: tous ces déchets plastiques tombent de tapis roulants en bambou dans les bennes bleues d'une barge alimentée à l'énergie solaire... cet "intercepteur" tente de nettoyer le fleuve qui traverse Bangkok, la capitale thaïlandaise. Le projet Ocean Cleanup a été lancé sur le fleuve Chao Phraya. Cette structure en forme de bateau traîne derrière elle une barrière flottante, utilise le courant de ce cours d'eau pour canaliser le plastique dans les mâchoires de la barge. Cette ONG fondée en 2013 par Boyan Slat, alors adolescent, vise à débarrasser les mers...
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National diplomats have endorsed a new European law on packaging waste, including provisions that would hold overseas producers to EU environmental standards on plastic recycling at the risk of losing market access. European Commission trade officials had taken the unusual step of lobbying governments directly to reject a so-called mirror clause in the draft law, warning of a serious potential impact on international commerce and diplomatic complications. To do so would have meant the EU Council reneging on the political agreement struck earlier this month with the European Parliament, possibl...
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There is a strong chance a new law designed to reduce the huge volumes of packaging that end up in landfill or incinerators could be blocked on Friday, according to several well-placed sources, despite a political agreement between the European Parliament and EU governments earlier this month. The EU’s legislative bodies agreed this month the text of a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in back-room talks mediated by the European Commission, a forum known in Brussels as a trilogue. Official adoption should now be a formality, but the European Commission has refused to sign off...
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