Plastic Waste – “Recyclable” Claim Advertising Challenges Summarized A December 3, 2020 Proskauer Rose LLP law firm blog “… summarizes relevant guidance from the FTC Green Guides, and covers some recent cases … [which] demonstrate that, although the Green Guides ....
News and Updates
Plastic Waste – A likely focus of the Biden Administration
According to a December 18, 2020 Beveridge and Diamond law firm outlook of environmental issues in the Biden Administration “… Control of the Senate will be crucial to the ability of the new administration to move forward with legislation ....
Nanoplastics – Effects on Human Intestinal Microbiome Studied
According to a December 21, 2020 Spain Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona news release “… nanoplastics affect the composition and diversity of our intestinal microbiome … the study alerts that stress to the gut microbiome could alter the ....
Plastic Waste – Nestle Establishes Recovery Program in Ethiopia
According to a December 21, 2020 news release Nestle has partnered with a “… local sustainability consultant … to set up a plastics waste recovery programme in Ethiopia … to achieve plastics neutrality within the next 12 months. This means ....
Save Our Seas 2.0 Act Enacted into Law
On December 18, 2020, the President signed, enacting into law, S.1982, Public Law No: 116-224, the “Save Our Seas 2.0 Act” – The bill had been approved by voice vote by both the US House of Representatives and ....
TreeHouse Foods Issues ESG Report
According to a December 15, 2020 news release, TreeHouse Foods has published “… its 2020 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report … [and announced] Agenda 2025 … [to] guide the ESG strategy … [the Agenda] identifies … areas of focus … ....
Microplastics – Global Presence in Mussels Studied
According to a December 17, 2020 Germany University of Bayreuth news release university researchers “… investigated the microplastic load of four mussel species which are particularly often sold as food in supermarkets from twelve countries around the world … ....
Plastic Waste – Global Data Tracking Platform Announced
According to a December 15, 2020 IBM news release IBM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste will collaborate “… to design a new data platform hosted on IBM Cloud to help track plastic waste and recovery globally. Called ....
Food Waste – EPA, FDA and USDA Renew Formal Agreement
According to a December 17, 2020 news release “… the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the renewal of the joint agency formal agreement (PDF, 724 ....
Plastic Waste – Reusable Food Packaging Discussed
According to a December 16, 2020 Food Industry Executive article “… The food and beverage industry has a plastic problem … While one solution is to make it easier for consumers to recycle … reusable ....