UK retailer Iceland to replace plastic packaging of own-brand products with paper and pulp by 2023; supports initiatives for plastic bottle deposit return scheme
NGOs challenge FDA’s inaction on perchlorates in antistatics
Several U.S. NGOs file objection to FDA’s decision for continued use of perchlorates in antistatic agents in food packaging; formal public hearing requested
Prenatal phthalate exposure may be linked to lower IQ
Children of mothers with high exposure to DnBP and DiBP shown to have lower IQ levels
The Greener Manufacturing Show Europe
New study: Chronic diseases caused by chemical exposures in great-grandmothers
Epigenetic mechanisms thought to be responsible for health effects in rat offspring after great-grandmothers were exposed to a chemical mixture during pregnancy
NGO highlights business potential of safer chemicals
CHEM Trust informs about business opportunities of developing and producing safer chemicals
European Bioplastics Conference 2023
Report investigates greenhouse gas emissions, packaging, and food waste
National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) reviews 4 packaging materials across 12 product types, examines how packaging can be optimized to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by both preventing food waste and minimizing material packaging waste
4th Swiss Online Workshop on Extractables and Leachables
Los Angeles bans single use plastic bags
Los Angeles retailers to remove single use plastic bags by January 2014