South Korea has banned polymer bags in supermarkets and retail outlets, according to lenta.ru. The restriction came into force on January 1, 2019 and affected 11 thousand supermarkets and two thousand outlets. Now, instead of plastic bags, customers should be offered paper or cloth bags. Plastic packaging will be allowed only for meat and fish. […]
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Month: January 2019
Trinseo raised PS prices in Europe in January
Trinseo (formerly Styron), a large European manufacturer of polystyrene (PS), announced an increase in January prices for all brands of PS in Europe, the company said. The price increase came into force on January 1, 2018 and is consistent with the terms of current contracts. Thus, the January contract and spot prices of the company […]
January contract prices for styrene, ethylene, propylene in Europe decreased
The contract price of styrene monomer in Europe was agreed at EUR975 per ton for January deliveries, which is EUR15 per ton lower compared to the previous month, ICIS reported, citing confirmation from three sellers and three buyers in the market. The contract price was agreed at the levels of EUR970, EUR975 and EUR980 per […]
UK doubles plastic bag tax
UK authorities plan to double the fees for plastic bags to 10 pence (about 8 rubles) as part of measures to protect the environment, according to Vedomosti, citing Bloomberg. The tax on plastic bags, the UK introduced in 2015. Now he is 5 pence (about 4 rubles.). As the agency notes, before the tax was […]
First in the country: a waste recycling plant will appear in Kiev in three years
Ukraine’s first waste recycling plant is planned to be built in Kiev in three years. This is reported on the website of the KSCA. According to the decision “On the budget of the city of Kiev for 2019,” the first in the country and in the city of Kiev are planning to build a recycling […]
The basic bill on waste Cabinet has not received in 2018
The framework draft law “On waste management” goes through the final stages of coordination and by February 2019 should be sent for approval to the Ministry of Justice for legal expertise. This is what Slovo I Delo writes, following the promise of the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ostap Semerak, who said that […]