Oceania
Stage two of New Zeland's ban on hard-to-recycle and single-use plastics began July 1 and bans the sale of items such as single-use straws, plastic produce bags and labels, and plastic cutlery.
The Australian government is allowing some companies to export recycled material, but warns the industry that it must come up with its own home-grown solutions.
Australia's antitrust regulator, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, has proposed granting the nation's three major supermarket chains a year to resolve post-consumer soft plastic recycling.
A small Australian company has received approval for the nation's first certified trademark for oxo-biodegradable plastic products.
Coca-Cola Australia's parent company, Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. says it will use 70 percent recycled plastic in all bottles by the end of the year.
The small southeast Asian nation of East Timor wants to be the world's first plastic-neutral nation by recycling all its waste plastic.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society has asked all political parties to commit to an Australia-wide ban on single-use plastics by 2023 and a target to cut the amount of plastic entering waterways and oceans by 70 percent, as soon as possible.
A billionaire Australian businessman and renowned philanthropist wants to tax virgin resins to stop the "escalating tide of plastic waste."
The study said seabirds may select balloons when foraging because of their resemblance to prey, especially squid.
Carlton && United Breweries said 25 million six-pack rings will no longer "enter the environment each year." CUB is replacing the rings with cardboard packaging.
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