plastics

Retail Asia26/09/2022

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ALDI Australia has joined over 80 global businesses in endorsing the call for a global plastics treaty to end plastic pollution. The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, which also includes financial institutions, and non-governmental organizations, is pushing for the development of a legal UN treaty to end plastic pollution, calling for “an ambitious […]

Retail Asia19/05/2021

A new Victoria-based company Tea Trees Eco Ware has launched a cleaning products range that uses dissolving tablets and long-life bottles, bringing an end to single-use plastic bottles. Founders Saskia Angel and Stu Atkins were inspired after seeing beaches in Asia covered in waste plastic while traveling and last year conceived a solution. “With a […]

Retail Asia22/01/2020

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has revealed plans to cut the production and use of single-use plastic in China in the next five years. By the end of this year, supermarkets, shopping malls and food delivery services will not be allowed to use non-degradable plastic bags. Disposable plastic used in e-commerce, express deliveries and […]

Retail Asia27/03/2019

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, is focusing on three key sustainability initiatives as part of the company’s recently announced 2019 Sustainability Plan: eliminating single-use plastic products; reducing its food waste footprint; and expanding its support of local farming and produce-growing communities. No Single-Use Plastic Products by end-2019 The elimination of single-use plastic […]

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Aldi Australia backs Global Plastics Treaty

Australian startup ends single-use plastics in cleaning products

China takes first step to banning single-use utensils, plastic bags

Single-Use Plastic Ban, Food Waste and Local Produce Top Priorities in Centara’s 2019 Sustainability Plan