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Ban on free plastic bags
TAIWAN authorities slapped a ban on the free distribution of disposable polystyrene tableware and plastic bags last Wednesday despite an outcry from the industry.
Silver lining
Disposal food packaging made of natural fibres such as from oil palm, trees or other plants, should eventually break down when discarded. But often, the wax or plastic coatings used to make these items oil and water-resistant, do not.
Curious Cook: Banana leaf, plastic and other musings
Here’s some interesting facts about the banana leaf ‘plate’ that you may not know and also facts about plastic that you should know about.
Weaning people off plastic bags
From WONG EE LYNN, Coordinator, Green Living Special Interest Group, Malaysian Nature Society.
China reveals plan to cut plastic use by 2025
BEIJING: China on Sunday (Jan 18) announced an ambitious plan to ban or significantly reduce the production and use of environmentally-unfriendly plastic products in the next five years to contain pollution.
Bold plan for managing plastic waste unveiled
BEIJING: China has unveiled a wide-ranging plan to phase out non-degradable plastic products in major consumption sectors, vowing to effectively curb plastic pollution in major cities in five years.
China introduces rules for plastic products to curb pollution
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): China unveiled a wide-ranging guideline to phase out nondegradable plastic products in major consuming sectors on Sunday (Jan 19), vowing to effectively curb plastic pollution in major cities in five years
Zero-waste activists fight overconsumption in China
BEIJING (AFP): Parcels piled high at sorting centres and drivers speeding down bike lanes to deliver takeout lunches are ubiquitous sights in urban China, where e-commerce and delivery apps have taken over everyday life.
Steroid cream gives Chinese baby hairy cheeks and causes her weight to shoot up; angry dad demands answers from producer
‘We were applying poisons on her every day,’ says distraught grandmother of five-month-old who developed a protruding, hairy forehead and cheeksA science blogger who tested the cream found it contained high concentrations of a steroid. Official tests were ordered, as its maker tried to deflect blame
HK moves towards disposing plastic tableware
HONG KONG: Hong Kong will be on track to get rid of plastic tableware after a two-month-long public consultation on the Scheme on Regulation of Disposable Plastic Tableware ends in early September.
