Ma 31 Mei 2021, ua hoʻopuka ke Komisina ʻEulopa i ka mana hope loa o Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive, e pāpā ana i nā plastic degradable oxidized a pau, me ka hopena mai 3 Iulai 2021. ʻO ka mea nui, ua pāpā ʻia ka Directive i nā huahana plastic oxidized āpau, inā he hoʻohana hoʻokahi a ʻaʻole paha, a mālama i nā plastic biodegradable a me non-oxidized plastics.
Wahi a SUP Directive, ua manaʻo ʻia nā plastic biodegradable/bio-based plastics. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kūlana ʻenehana i ʻae ʻia e hōʻoia i ka biodegradable pono ʻia kahi huahana plastic i loko o ke kai moana i ka manawa pōkole a me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino i ke kaiapuni. No ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni, "degradable" ka mea e pono ai ka hoʻokō maoli. ʻO ka palaki manuahi, recyclable a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo he ʻano hiki ʻole ia no nā ʻoihana like ʻole i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka Far East & GeoTegrity pūʻulu i kālele wale i ka hana ʻana i ka lawelawe meaʻai hoʻopau ʻia a me nā huahana meaʻai mai ka makahiki 1992. Hoʻokō nā huahana i ka BPI, OK Compost, FDA a me SGS maʻamau, a hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa ʻia i loko o ka mea kanu organik ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he paionia mea hana hoʻopihapiha meaʻai hoʻomau, ua loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mākeke like ʻole ma nā ʻāina ʻeono. ʻO kā mākou misionari e lilo i mea hoʻolaha i ke ola olakino a hana i kahi ʻoihana pono no ka honua ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-19-2021