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AUSTRALIA – Nestlé’s KitKat, one of the world’s most popular confectionery products, is introducing recyclable paper packaging as a pilot test for the brand. According to Nestlé Australia, the recyclable paper packaging will be available for a limited time for its four-finger bar in Australia, across Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory. Nestlé will produce more than a quarter…
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SPAIN – The government of Spain has announced plans to introduce a clean-up cost on tobacco companies under Spanish environmental regulations, in line with the EU’s Single Use Plastic Directive (SUPD). According to new environmental regulations which came into effect on January 6, tobacco businesses will now be required to pay for cleaning up the millions of cigarette ends that…
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CANADA – The government of Canada has laid out a mandatory timeline for industries to phase out and ultimately eradicate single-use plastic products throughout the country. According to the authorities, six items are being prohibited: checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware made from hard-to-recycle plastics, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws. Each item has been selected because they are commonly found…
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ISRAEL – The newly formed government of Israel has pledged to axe the country’s tax on single-use plastics to appease low-income ultra-Orthodox communities who cannot afford the dishwashing equipment needed to make reusable packaging viable. Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich made the decision immediately after being sworn in on December 29 last year, saying he would end the tax ‘as quickly…
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PAKISTAN – Coca-Cola İçecek Pakistan and Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd (CCI Pakistan) have launched PET bottles made from 100% recycled plastic, a new packaging innovation for Coca-Cola in Pakistan, as part of their ambition to cut virgin plastic by 2030. Initially launched in Sindh, the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province by population after Punjab,…
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FRANCE – French multinational food-products corporation, Danone, has strongly refuted allegations of plastic mega pollution by several non-governmental organizations. Three environmental groups ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Zero Waste France have filed a lawsuit against the world-leading food company whose annual sales top more than €24 billion over its global plastic pollution, in the Paris Tribunal Judiciaire. The French ‘Duty…
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