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Eventually, Break Free From Plastic gets to its waste. Plastic production reduction is the only
core message in a press release that was osten- effective way to tackle the plastic pollution cri-
sibly drafted to contest the research published sis.”
in Nature: “There are no effective solutions to Source – Plastics Today
handle or recycle collected or recovered plastic
U.S. Plastics Pact adds to its list of ‘problematic’
plastics
Non-compostable produce stickers,
multi-material plastic packaging and
degradability additives have been
added to U.S. Plastics Pact’s list of
problematic and unnecessary mate-
rials.
ith the U.S. Plastics Pact on track cals”;
to eliminate its initial 11 problematic
Wplastics by 2025, the group decided Pigments that cannot be detected by optical
to add three more items to the list. sorters, such as carbon black;
The U.S. Plastics Pact, which formed in 2020, Opaque or pigmented PET bottles of any color
has 130 signatories, including large public and besides transparent blue or green;
private organizations. In 2022, it released its ini- Oxo-degradable additives, including oxo-biode-
tial list of “problematic and unnecessary materi- gradable additives;
als” that should be avoided.
That list included: Glycol-modified PET in rigid packaging;
Cutlery; Label constructions such as adhesives, inks or
difficult materials including PETG, PVC, PLA and
Intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub- paper;
stances often called PFAS or “forever chemi-
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