PACKAGING

The City of San Francisco, California’s fourth largest, has banned effective from 1 January 2020 the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom (PFAS) in single-use food service ware such as containers, bowls, trays, cups, lids, straws, forks, spoons, knives, napkins and other similar items. More

Hong Kong’s trading community may recollect that, in April this year, the French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a Circular Economy Plan aimed at transforming the French economy. This plan upheld one of President Emmanuel Macron’s election promises to achieve a recycling of 100% of plastics by 2025. Brune Poirson, the French deputy Environment Minister is in charge of implementing this ambitious objective. More

ong Kong manufacturers produce a wide range of packaging materials, including paper containers, polyethylene (PE) packages, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) packages and so on, with the Chinese mainland being Hong Kong's largest market. More

On 8 February 2018, new Commission Regulation 2018/79 entered into force. The new Regulation adds conditions and restrictions regarding certain plastics, uses and substances for food packaging. This new Regulation amends Commission Regulation 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (the food contact materials or ‘FCM’ Regulation). More