Dealing with that waste has become a top priority for the plastics industry and its main supplier ... recycled content can be put in a plastic bag or cup without compromising strength.

On July 1, Japan joined a growing list of countries to implement a mandatory plastic bag surcharge. It's part of a national effort to reduce plastic waste in a country that the U.N. says has the ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...

The mandatory bag charge will only apply to purchases made at their physical stores and not for online orders. As for non-carrier disposable bags such as flat top plastic bags for bagging fresh ...

Consumer Council found that five of the 11 online retailers they checked did not ask customers to pay HK$1 per plastic bag, which is required by law The government must give guidance to online ...

Lamb Weston partners with SABIC on a packaging solution that takes used cooking oil from its kitchens and turns it into a bio ...