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Mutual fund Green Century convinces Costco, Disney, Marriott, Hilton, Mattel, Hasbro and Choice Hotels to commit to reducing single-use plastic through shareholder advocacy; efforts aided by PIRG, Environment America and Environmental Action
Published: April 26, 2024 by Targeted News Service (Press Releases)
Greenpeace calls for Global Treaty to reduce plastic production and end single-use plastic pollution at INC-4 meeting; group also urges the setting of reduction, reuse and refill targets, and calls for elimination of bad faith influence in negotiation
Published: April 25, 2024 by CE Noticias Financieras (Latin America)
European Parliament adopts new measures to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging; rules include reduction targets of 5% by 2030, 10% by 2035 and 15% by 2040 and require EU countries to reduce, in particular, amount of plastic packaging waste
Published: April 24, 2024 by European Parliament
Nouryon introduces of Expancel WB microspheres for shoe soles applications at 2024 Chinaplas; product consists of a polymer shell encapsulating a gas, enabling creation of a lower-weight, lower-cost filler
Published: April 23, 2024 by Nouryon
Individually wrapped cheese would be banned under New York’s Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act--which would require large companies that sell or distribute food products to reduce plastics and other packaging by 50% over next 12 years
Published: April 22, 2024 by The New York Post

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