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    On January 1, 2023, Colorado stores and restaurants will begin charging a 10 cent bag fee for single-use plastic and paper bags, until January 2024 when a ban goes into effect.

    (COLORADO SPRINGS) — Starting up Jan. 1, 2023, stores in Colorado will start off charging a 10-cent fee for each bag, to present buyers with a recycled paper or solitary-use plastic bag as component of a statewide mandate. The mandate was put in position by the Plastic Air pollution Reduction Act which was signed into legislation in July 2021. The evaluate goes into whole influence on Jan. 1, 2024, when one-use plastics will be banned from outlets and retail foodstuff institutions, with the exception of dining establishments and tiny shops that run only in Colorado and have a few or less areas – all those merchants will still be permitted…

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    Plastic Market in Thailand to Increase by USD 8.63 Bn | Featuring Top Vendors including BASF SE, Covestro AG, Dow Inc., and Huntsman Corp.

    Read our Free Sample Report before purchasing.  Key takeaways from Plastic Market in Thailand study The Plastic Market in Thailand to increase by USD 8.63 billion at 4.72{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} CAGR between 2021 and 2026 5.20{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} year-over-year growth expected in 2022 The packaging segment accounted for maximum growth in the market. Dominant vendors include BASF SE, Covestro AG, Dow Inc., EcoBlue Ltd., Huntsman Corp., Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., INEOS Group Holdings SA, PTT Global Chemical Public Co. Ltd.,  and others. Vendor Landscape The market structure is expected to remain fragmented during the forecast period. Vendors are deploying different organic and inorganic growth strategies to compete in the market. BASF SE, Covestro AG, Dow Inc.,…

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    What are the climate costs of plastic?

    This article is the first of a two-part series on plastic and climate change. The second article will be published on 14 March 2022. Found from the peaks of Mount Everest to the depths of the ocean and inside every organ in our body, plastic is all around us, in us and will outlive us. Ubiquitous, versatile and disposable, plastic has shaped the modern age in a way that few other materials have. Plastic is used in virtually every industry in a staggering range of forms: packaging, clothes, electronic components, consumer products and construction, to name only a very few.  Nowadays it is also infamous for its tendency to clog…

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    Delhi-Based Artist Creates Beautiful Art Work On Olive Ridley Turtles With Message To Curb Plastic Menace In Oceans

    Bhubaneswar: On the closing ceremony of the METIS Initiative on Plastics and Indo-Pacific Ocean 2021 at Utsha Foundation here this evening, the grant-winning artist Manveer Singh shared his experience at the month-long residency and also displayed a short film on his journey in Odisha in transforming his ideas to create beautiful art from plastics and also generating awareness among people and especially among the youth and students. Today’s installation by Manveer at Utsha created a wall of Olive Ridley turtles hanged from net and the artist has the concept to tell to the visitors, how human activities like fishing are killing the turtles. The tiny ones consuming plastics are also…

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