A snow-coloured blanket has appeared on the Galicia coast of Spain, near the Muros and Noia estuaries. It wasn’t the cold that covered the beach, but tons of plastic pellets leaking from a ship in early December. Even though it is a real environmental disaster, institutions are still discussing the competencies that can solve it. […]
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Meloni’s gift to waste producers: This way we risk another 7 million tons of packaging
Italy and Finland are set to be responsible for an additional 7.3 million tonnes of packaging by 2030. The materials, usually plastic, could have been avoided if the governments of the two countries had not been determined to lobby for two exemptions from the EU’s emissions-cutting regulations. packaging. The European Environment Agency (EEB) carried out […]
Italian MP’s complaint: “Plastic lobby has become unsustainable”
Unsustainable pressure from lobbies due to plenary vote on packaging regulation. Maria Angela Danzì, a member of the European Parliament for the 5 Star Movement, complained while speaking about the situation in Brussels ahead of the expected vote on the rules next week. “The pressure from lobbies in the European Parliament to regulate packaging has […]
Fast food “returns plastic to menus” under EU rules
Reusable cups that “disappeared” in restaurant chains despite paying two euros. If customers returned them they would get their money back, but people have a hard time getting into these habits, giving them up, or taking them home. Coming from the complaint chain fast food McDonald’s. The US company, along with many other companies, has […]
Customized packaging for sustainability
For more than 55 years, Litoplas SA, a company dedicated to the transformation of flexible packaging, has been characterized as a highly flexible organization. In this way, taking into account the social and environmental needs that arise, it promotes its sustainability strategy in order to safeguard and guarantee the sustainable development goals that it has […]
New EU rules on packaging that Italy has promised to block
Tensions remain between Rome and Brussels over policies aimed at making European economies more eco-sustainable. Following the Italian government’s opposition to the ban on petrol or diesel engines from 2035 and the directive on so-called ‘greenhouses’ on houses with low energy consumption, the team of ministers led by Giorgia Meloni has pledged to block the […]
Tax on plastic and aluminum threatens takeout deal
Since July 1, restaurants, cafes, bakeries and supermarkets that sell meals in single-use plastic containers have to charge customers a new fee of €0.30 + VAT, which amounts to €0.37 per container. . From 2023, this contribution will be extended to aluminum crates. Without viable alternatives, takeaway and home delivery businesses, which grew exponentially during […]