AUSTRALIA – The Northern Territory government is in the midst of implementing a container deposit scheme to tackle its litter problem. To be launched in late 2011, the scheme covers almost all beverage containers.
INDIA - The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests has backed down from an earlier attempt to place a blanket ban on the manufacture, use and sale of non-recyclable plastic/metallic pouches, multi-layered packaging and other non-recyclable plastics.
GLOBAL - The world standards on packaging and the environment have gained conclusive momentum with the recent acceptance of the Draft International Standard (DIS) texts.
Packaging Supply Chain news from the Asia Pacific
