The New Zealand government announced that from July 1, local time, New Zealand will prohibit shopping malls and supermarkets from providing or selling disposable plastic food bags and other products. Violators may be fined up to 100,000 New Zealand dollars, or about 440,000 yuan. This means that New Zealand supermarkets have banned all plastic bags. New Zealand's "plastic ban" has made New Zealand the first country in the world to ban the use of disposable thin plastic bags in supermarkets.

AdvanSix has developed recycled polyamide products made from 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials that complement AdvanSix's 100% post-industrial recycled (PIR) grades of polyamide. Recycled polyamides include AdvanSix Aegis PIR and PCR grade resins and Capran PIR biaxially oriented polyamide (BOPA) film.

As a beer brand that actively advocates a beach lifestyle, Corona has an inseparable connection with the ocean. On the 15th World Oceans Day this year, Corona announced its 2023 marine environmental protection goals, recycling 279 tons of plastic waste in China to accelerate the realization of the brand's beautiful vision of zero plastics - "Continuously reduce plastic for this sea."

Recently, the second meeting (INC-2) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC), hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was held in Paris. A total of five meetings are planned to reach a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution (including the marine environment) by the end of 2024.

Plastipak, a leading global plastic packaging company, recently launched a 100% recyclable all-polymer sprayer, SprayPET Revolution™. The sprayer, including the valve, is made of polymer and contains no metal parts. It is a fully plastic PET sprayer.

On May 16, 2023, the text of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM, “carbon tariff”) was officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This means that CBAM has become a formal law of the European Union. CBAM will officially take effect on the second day of the announcement, that is, on May 17, 2023.

INEOS and Hosokawa Alpine have produced a range of ultra-thin, high-toughness polyethylene films using resins containing more than 50% recycled plastic. The two companies hope these new solutions will replace multi-material alternatives and increase recycled content in flexible packaging applications.

Covestro recently announced the launch of post-consumer recycled polycarbonate with a recycled content of 90%, which can be used in consumer electronics and other fields. Makrolon® polycarbonate is a product of Covestro's CQ circular solution, which can reduce carbon emissions by 70% compared with virgin fossil-based products. The company will first sell this grade of product in the Asia-Pacific region.