Article by Environmental Health News discusses increasing challenge of plastic waste driven by economic pressure and growth; recycling and bioplastics deemed ‘simple solutions’ incapable of meeting problem’s scale
August 13, 2018
France to tax non-recycled plastic packaging
French government plans to make products packaged in non-recycled plastic more expensive than those using recycled packaging
August 13, 2018
EFSA evaluates ‘General Plastic’ recycling process
EFSA’s CEP Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘General Plastic’ safe for use in food contact articles for all types of foodstuffs under certain conditions
August 7, 2018
UK: Most plastic food packaging unrecyclable
UK Local Government Association finds only one third of collected plastic food packaging is recyclable, calls for better packaging design, ban on low-grade plastics, greater contribution of producers to cost of collection and disposal
August 7, 2018
Proceedings of ILSI NA workshop on FCMs
Summary of workshop on ‘Scientific advances and challenges in safety evaluation of food packaging materials’ now published
August 6, 2018
Kraft Heinz aims for sustainable packaging
Food and beverage company Kraft Heinz announces goal to make 100% of its packaging recyclable, reusable, compostable by 2025
August 3, 2018
EFSA: 6th FIP network meeting on FCMs
EFSA’s Food Ingredients and Packaging Scientific Network held 6th meeting on food contact materials on July 10-11, 2018, discussed ongoing activities, printing inks, paper and board FCMs
August 2, 2018
EFSA assesses ‘Linpac’ recycling process
EFSA’s CEF Panel considers PET made from recycling process ‘Linpac’ safe for use in food contact articles for all types of foodstuffs, except packaged water, under certain conditions
July 24, 2018
Consultation on chemical, product, waste legislation
EU Commission opens consultation and survey on interface between chemical, product, and waste legislation with regard to EU Plastics strategy
July 17, 2018
Recycling of black plastics
UK plastics producer, retailers, recycler collaborate to recycle black PET trays from mixed waste household collection into new food grade packaging
