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A consumer court in Gujarat has ruled that fast food chains KFC and Pizza Hut should not charge extra fees for packaging charges from consumers. The judgment comes after a law student from Bihar filed a PIL when he noticed that extra charges were being added to his order when he tried ordering food via the food delivery app Zomato.

The public consultation began on 9 February and is open until 8 March. The commission will then seek approval for the proposal by member states.

‘The prohibition of BPA will consequently result in business operators needing to identify substances, in particular other bisphenols and their derivatives, to replace BPA in the food contact materials and articles where it is currently used,’ the commission’s draft proposal reads.

BPA is used in everything from plastic and metal food containers to reusable water bottles and drinking water pipes.

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. 

New research is shedding light on food and beverage products linked to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and suggesting potential solutions for protecting the public.

DuPont today announced that it is launching a new global awards program called the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards. This annual awards program is designed to recognize leaders across the healthcare industry who are embracing and driving sustainability throughout the packaging lifecycle.

Pledge2Recycle Plastics and RECOUP has announced a collaboration with Fun Kids, a UK radio station for children, that aims to introduce an engaging and educational programme, "Sort it out," designed for children during the summer holidays and beyond.

Alongside a jam-packed schedule of speeches and seminars, delegates will have the opportunity to explore the very latest packaging innovations. The two-day event will also feature a ‘Sustainability Trail’, which aims to highlight the sector’s most inspiring suppliers operating at the cutting-edge of eco innovation.

The programme is being organised by Shishoi Oshom - Entrepreneurship Task Force (ETF)- Cell Wokha in collaboration with Tea Board India, Regional Office Golaghat, Assam and Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata Centre.

Reducing and recycling plastic packaging will no longer be a matter of voluntary or co-regulatory action.

The REDcycle collapse has highlighted the ineffectiveness of current arrangements and exposed the fact that other single use plastic packaging recovery rates are embarrassingly low and will miss agreed targets.

A new world class product stewardship scheme is now proposed to be in place by 2025.This will bring in new packaging rules to make manufacturers and retailers responsible for designing, reducing, collecting, and recovering their packaging.