Sustainability in packaging: Global regulatory development
Regulations tend to focus on primary packaging all over the world, but a focus on secondary and tertiary packaging 1 is more prevalent in Asia: Worldwide, nearly 90 percent of legal measures with a specific scope of packaging type tackle primary packaging alone or together with other packaging types (secondary, tertiary).
[CHANGING WORLD] Breaking Korea’s single-use plastic habit
Korea aims to reduce its plastic waste by 20 percent by 2025 by scaling down the output of plastic products and increasing recycling. It also aims to raise its plastic recycling rate from the current 54 percent to 70 percent by 2025, announced Korea’s Ministry of Environment in December last year.
The plastics landscape: regulations, policies and influencers
Several countries, regions and cities have recently introduced regulations and legislations focused on plastic. These are primarily aimed at use and disposal to reduce consumption and improve waste management. Over 60 countries have implemented bans and levies on plastic packaging and single-use waste.
South Korea Offers Davos a Model for Recycling - New York Times
By 2030, South Korea aims to reduce its plastic waste by 50 percent and recycle 70 percent of it. And a nationwide deposit-return policy charging 300 Korean won (about 25 cents) for all...
Plastic Global Law & Policy - Center for International
Plastic Global Law & Policy. The solutions to plastic pollution are complex, transboundary, and multilateral. With plastic sources so varied, ranging from textiles and tire dust to plastic bottles and packaging, the requisite global response must be holistic and dynamic, requiring coordinated action by diverse stakeholders at the national
- How can South Korea address plastic pollution?
- The key messages were centered around how South Korea must express its clear support for reducing plastic production as the first step toward addressing plastic pollution, to prevent the global plastics treaty from being reduced to merely a waste management-focused treaty as pushed by oil-producing nations and their supporters.
- Will there be a plastic pollution Treaty in South Korea?
- A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Here’s what to know about it: National delegations still have a lot to hammer out before there is a treaty.
- What is Korea doing to reduce plastic waste?
- In response to the world's growing environmental crisis, Korea introduced measures in 2019 to limit plastic waste, including a ban on single-use plastics in cafés and restaurants, regulations restricting takeout container density, and a requirement that all PET bottles remain colorless to ease recycling.
- Will a strong commitment to plastic reduction help South Korea?
- Strong commitment for plastic reduction has been at the center of the contention, and it will be the instrumental key to the success of the negotiations. South Korea holds a unique position as one of the earliest members of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution (HAC) and as the host nation of the fifth INC.
- When will plastic pollution become a global issue?
- Most nations agreed to make the first global, legally binding plastic pollution accord, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024. The production and use of plastics globally is set to reach 736 million tons by 2040, according to the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Will a treaty address the global plastic pollution crisis?
- BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis.
