Regulation

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) strategies drive sustainability of production, consumption, and disposal by making producers accountable for plastic waste and leveraging market-driven incentives.

Researchers investigated if per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can permeate polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) water pipes.

Researchers have found a link between seasonal atmospheric photochemistry and the formation of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has studied PFAS usage in food applications, tracking its presence, migration potential, and industry phase-outs.

2025 is a key milestone in the EU’s fight against plastic pollution, paving the way for more significant progress by 2030.

With economic shifts and rising investments, developing countries are transforming plastic waste into valuable resources.

Conor Carlin, SPE President, discusses SPE’s role in the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty, emphasizing its position as an impartial, technical organization capable of contributing to the treaty’s inherent challenges.

The global push to replace PFAS-based fabric treatments has driven significant research into safer, more sustainable liquid-repellent coatings.

A team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has created an innovative plastic designed to combat microplastic pollution.

Plastics Europe has published its latest study, Plastics—The Fast Facts 2024, which presents preliminary global and European plastics production data for 2023.