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A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester and acrylic fiber, or any other form of unnecessary plastic that could be replaced with an easily biodegradeable, non ...
The law codifies extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements for plastics, including a requirement that polystyrene be banned if recycling rates do not reach 25% by 2025. Recycling rates averaged 6% at passage, leading some to call the law a 'de facto ban', anticipating an inability to comply within three years. [97] [98]
DecaBDE was fully banned in 2021 by the US ... to harmful additives and plastic,” Liu said. “Some manufacturers also have strong policies about removing retardants from their products, so you ...
Black plastic kitchen utensils. A December 2024 study in the journal Chemosphere incorrectly calculated the amount of potentially toxic flame retardants that could be present in some black plastic ...
The ban involves trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing chemical that is common in manufacturing and can be found in water sources and properties around the world, as well as all consumer ...
Plastics are made from petroleum and resist biodegradation; they absorb persistent organic pollutants, leach chemicals that are toxic to humans and other organisms, degrade ocean and terrestrial ecosystems, and may impact migratory patterns, trophic structures (food chains), and habitats around the world. [3]
Two carcinogenic chemicals used in cleaning products and other common household goods have been banned in the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a Dec. 9 press release ...
Effective July 2021 oxo-degradable plastics have been banned in the EU with Directive 2019/904 (also known as the Single-Use Plastics Directive). Oxo-degradable plastics were particularly targeted; the rationale behind this focus was that oxo-degradable plastics often do not break down completely but instead fragment into microplastics, which ...