Tag: plastic
The plastic bag will be so much cheaper when the tax is abolished
In 2020, the plastic bag tax was introduced to achieve an EU target on the consumption of plastic bags. In 2017, Swedes consumed 83 plastic bags per person per year,…
Stop opening plastic packaging like this
A great many products are packaged in plastic packaging, not least foodstuffs. Regardless of whether you buy chips, bread, sweets or something else, you will in many cases have to…
How long should you keep an open plastic water bottle? The deadline is very short
Water, this health ally, can be the cause of various pathologies if it is poorly stored. And consumption times are often very short… Dehydration, fever, headache, vomiting… These symptoms may…
Plan to phase out plastic water bottles at schools hits snag
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A proposed plan to phase out single-use plastic water bottles in the new year at Thames Valley school board properties will have to overcome…
Merivirta brings a huge amount of plastic waste to Pääsäissaari | News in brief
The small island accumulates 50 times more plastic waste than Chile, whose coastline is more than 2,000 kilometers long. 17:03•Updated 17:05 Located in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean,…
Increased demand for plastic bags is expected – the tax will be abolished
The excise tax on plastic bags was introduced on 1 May 2020 and sales of the bags plummeted. Just over a month later, Ica and Coop stated that their sales…
Picking Italian oranges – living under a plastic tarp
In Calabria, Italy, the oranges ripen when it is darkest in Sweden. Major juice producers often source their oranges from this region. Most of the orange pickers in Calabria come…
Volkswagen will use high-quality fabrics instead of plastic
One of the automobile giants based in Germany Volkswagenplastic materials in their vehicles with quality fabrics will change. Andy Mindt, Volkswagen’s design manager, said in a recent interview: “We will…
California sues ExxonMobil for lying about plastic recycling
The West Coast state accuses the oil giant of deceiving consumers for decades into believing that single-use plastics could and would be recycled, when the overwhelming majority of them are…
Plastic: PP, PET, PE, PS, PVC… in the jungle of acronyms
News Published on 09/22/2024 at 2:02 p.m. updated on 09/22/2024 at 2:02 p.m. Reading 3 min. Plastics are divided into three main families, all petroleum-based: thermoplastics, the most widespread, are…