On March 9, 2022, the Japanese government finalized a new ban "Plastic Resource Circulation Promotion Act" aimed at strengthening the recycling and emission reduction of plastic waste at a cabinet meeting. The government will formulate guidelines for manufacturers such as lightweight and recycling convenience, and said that the "Plastic Resource Circulation Promotion Act" will be implemented in April this year.
Henan, China officially banned the production and sale of non-degradable single-use plastic products on March 1, 2022.
On January 8, 2021, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment approved the publication of a regulation (FOR-2020-12-18-3200) banning oxidatively degradable plastic products and certain single-use plastic products. The regulations go into effect on July 3, 2021.
Sydney, March 8, 2022. Australia's capital Canberra strengthens plastic ban. The single-use plastic ban in Australia's capital, Canberra, has been expanded further, according to the ABC.
According to the current international market situation, the following three advantages of the EU's OK-Compost Home certification can be briefly obtained.
On December 17, 2021, good news came from the European authoritative certification body-abi-vincotte in Belgium. The products of Shenglin Packaging have undergone 12-month biodegradation, composting application, infrared analysis, heavy metal detection and other experiments under the EN13432 standard, obtained the ok-compost certificate issued by the agency. This result marks that all certified Shenglin Packaging products can use the Ok-Compost Home logo. Ok-Compost Home's certified products are compostable.
