An environmentally friendly alternative to polyethylene “T-shirts” appeared in Belarus – bags made of corn. In the near future, the first such packages will be delivered to large retail chains, BelTA learned from the manufacturing company. Industrial production of corn bags launched in Logoisk. Its uniqueness is that such packaging is completely decomposed after a […]
G-20 countries agreed to fight plastics in the oceans
The agreement to reduce plastic waste in the world’s oceans has been reached in Japan by the ministers of environmental protection of the G-20 countries, reports DW. The first international agreement to reduce plastic waste in the world’s oceans was reached on Sunday, June 16, at the G20 meeting in Japan. The agreement sets forth […]
Ecology or economy: How to make recycling in Ukraine profitable
The National Waste Management Strategy adopted in 2017 prescribed that the volume of solid waste disposal at landfills should be reduced from 95% (in 2016) to 50% in 2023 and to 30% in 2030. However, last year’s figure did not keep up with the pace: the amount of buried waste in 2018 decreased by only […]
Black pipe PE prices are falling.
Prices of imported black pipe polyethylene (PE 100) in China are falling amid weak demand in the domestic market, according to ICIS. The situation with purchases on the Chinese market PE 100 has worsened since trade tensions between the United States and China escalated in May, despite the fact that this type of PE as […]
5 MAIN WORLD TENDENCIES OF PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT IN 2019
The week remained until the opening of the main business event of the Russian packaging market – the 24th international exhibition of the packaging industry RosUpack, where manufacturers and suppliers of packaging equipment, finished packaging and labels, packaging materials, raw materials and equipment for packaging production traditionally meet with managers and specialists from Russian and […]
In Troyeschina plan to build a plant for recycling garbage, the people’s deputy of the district spoke sharply
A waste recycling complex will be built in Kiev, which will process 700 thousand tons per year and will include a sorting stage. This was announced by deputy chairman of the KSCA Peter Panteleyev, reports Gazeta.ua. “In October 2017, the National Waste Management Strategy was adopted, and in February 2019, the National Plan. The updated […]
By 2030, all P & G products in Russia will be produced in ecological packaging.
By 2030, all Procter & Gamble (P & G) products in Russia will be produced in a package that can be recycled or reused, and the volume of primary plastic used will be reduced by 50%, the company announced at the SPIEF on 6 June. Within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, […]
The price of styrene for buyers fell in Europe at EUR143 per ton
The base contract price of styrene monomer for consumers in the European market was agreed at EUR1,042 per tonne for June deliveries, which is EUR143 per tonne lower compared to the level of the previous month, one of the manufacturers told ICIS on Friday. The basic May contract price for buyers was agreed on the […]
How mayors deal with recycling in cities
After the Gribovicheskaya tragedy, Lviv is considered the most problematic city in the collection and recycling of garbage. But in fact, there are similar problems in all regional centers of Ukraine. Now, no Ukrainian city can boast that the problem of sorting, transporting and processing municipal waste has been completely solved. The vast majority of […]
The Verkhovna Rada proposed a reform of the mechanism of distribution of eco-tax in Ukraine
A change in the eco-tax distribution reform was prepared to adapt the state environmental policy to international standards. Funds paid by enterprises as an environmental tax have not been channeled for environmental needs since 2015, which is troubling industry experts and environmentalists, and to correct the situation, people’s deputies Oksana Zaruzhko and Maxim Efimov prepared […]