Author: Nicolás Rivero

As of today (April 15), the world’s third largest shipping line, will no longer accept deliveries of scrap plastic on any of its ships. CMA CGM’s ban is a milestone in a global backlash against wealthy nations—especially the US—dumping plastic waste in China and Southeast Asia.

Author Alejandra Salgado

CMA CGM will not be accepting "plastic waste" onboard any of CMA CGM Group's vessels starting April 15, according to a customer notice. The carrier made the initial announcement on its decision to ban plastic waste in February during the One Ocean Summit. The company had stated this "landmark decision" would become effective June 1.

Author Madeleine Cuff

The UK should ban all exports of rubbish to stop plastic food wrappers and broken gadgets polluting the shores of poorer countries, the boss of the Environment Agency will declare on Tuesday.

Author: DAILY SABAH

Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum denied Thursday the Bloomberg report on alleged plastic waste import from the United Kingdom to Turkey.

Author: Jacob Koshy

After banning the import of plastic waste in 2019, the Environment Ministry has permitted PET Bottles, as plastic waste, to be imported for processing. The decision to rollback the ban was taken last year after representations by several industries in the business of processing waste said there was too little waste available for them in India and this was causing them financial losses.

Author(s): Kit Chellel and Wojciech Moskwa

When the British supermarket chain Tesco Plc first started ­collecting plastic bags and wrappers from customers to be recycled in March 2021, Caroline Ragueneau was thrilled. She was working as a retail assistant at a Tesco store in southwest England when the first white deposit boxes appeared, promising to turn what’s typically discarded back into something useful.

Author: Conor McGlone

Waste industry leaders have joined with environmental campaigners to call for a ban on the export of plastic waste that goes further than the government’s current proposals. Representatives from the UK waste industry this week told a cross-party group of MPs that any ban should be global – and not just cover non-OECD countries as proposed by Defra.

Author: Mark Smulian

Environmental Services Association (ESA) executive director Jacob Hayler has put a five-point plan to MPs to curb plastic waste exports.

Author: Brandon How

The government’s recycling development fund will receive a $60 million boost in the federal budget, with the national science agency to also launch a plastics recycling research program.

Author: Frederik Timm Bensten

Recently, the world's third largest container shipping company CMA CGM announced that from 1 June 2022, it will no longer ship plastic waste on its ships. That example should Maersk follow, according to Plastic Change.

Author: Isabella Kaminski

A series of lawsuits against plastic producers and governments is expected after a “historic” international agreement on waste, say legal experts. Last week, world leaders agreed to draw up a legally binding treaty over the next two years that covered the full lifecycle of plastics from production to disposal.

Author: Jared Paben

U.S. scrap plastic exports fell by 12% in 2021, even though some countries, such as India and Mexico, brought in a whole lot more material. The U.S. exported 1.21 billion pounds of scrap plastics in 2021, down from 1.38 billion pounds the year before, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau export data.