Substituting single-use plastic products (SUPP) In 2022, the Colombian Congress approved a law [see Spanish version here] introducing the ban and gradual substitution of 14 single-use plastic products. In preparing the law, the plastic materials to be banned and possible substitutes were evaluated and compared by using standardized LCA protocols based on the Colombian Technical Standard under ISO...

The Restriction Roadmap has three main objectives: Ensure that the commitments under the strategy can be fulfilled in a transparent and timely manner. The Rolling List included in the Annex (see below) sets out the restrictions that have been planned and prepared, and those that have progressed, in particular for the most harmful substances (i.e. those that meet the criteria for CMRs, PBTs, vPvBs...

This Policy Brief outlines: 1) the nature of the plastic pollution problem in Indonesia, 2) available information about the national, subnational, and to a smaller extent, international policy landscape guiding government approaches to the plastic pollution problem Indonesia, and 3) what, if any, information exists about the effectiveness of these policy approaches. Source: Wang, Y. and R. Karasik...

Muli is one of the 9 inhabited islands in Meemu atoll in the central Maldives. Like almost all island of Maldives, the Muli island is also vulnerable to environmental and economic development variables such as waste management, rising sea level, coastal erosion, pollution/depletion of groundwater. Traditionally, food waste is generally disposed to the shoreline while other organic waste was burnt...

This phase-out plan is a national initiative to phase-out the production, import and consumption of certain single-use plastics in the Maldives and promote the use of sustainable alternatives, in the effort to protect human health and the vulnerable marine environment of the country. In addition, by using strategic awareness and educational campaigns, the aim of this plan is to reduce the...

Since 2018, a regional law in Navarra requires businesses in the hotel, retail and catering (HORECA) sector to serve 80% of beer, 70% of soft drinks and 40% of water in reusable containers, by 2028. By the same deadline, 15% of beverage containers sold in shops must be reusable. Source: Rethink Plastic Alliance (2022). Single Use Plastics Directive Implementation Assessment Report.