Tag: compostable plastic

• Recommendations for plastic reduction and management in Africa

  A summary of recommendations from our project to support National Management Authorities in East and West Africa on plastic reduction and management, with a deep dive into relevant policies and standards, including biodegradation and compostability.

• Supporting plastic reduction and management in East and West Africa 

  ECOS has embarked on a new project in East and West Africa to support a coherent framework of policies and standards to effectively address plastics pollution, including alternative solutions for material circularity, biodegradation, and compostability.

• EU bio-based, biodegradable & compostable plastics framework: can recommendations help control pollution?

  On 30 November, the European Commission will publish its Circular Economy Action Plan. It includes a framework indicating in which cases it makes sense to use bio-based, biodegradable or compostable plastics. Spoiler alert: applications should be extremely limited. Can these recommendations be of true help against plastic pollution?