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Since February 13, 2022, single-use plastics products have faced a ban in Chile. Law 21

n alternative resolution on single use plastics. It focuses on a voluntary framework ra

Board (CPCB). The new rules classify plastics into four categories and mandate recycl

ution 105/1999: General provisions for plastics in food contact·       Resoluti

2018, allowing for the use of recycled plastics in food contact materials (FCM) with ce

ecyclability and other requirements for plastics in compliance with the Plastic Waste Ma

the use of eight chemical standards in plastics, resins, moulding, and extrusion materi

olyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics.  If the above proposal is

est limits while the ingestion rate for plastics is lower, thereby classifying them in t

r serious health problems. Knowing that plastics can destroy the circular economy, there

(2013).  Details on the types of plastics permitted in the FCMs utensils and cont

crine disruptors, antibiotics, and microplastics. This is a straightforward method to st

ast and most important discussion about plastics among products – and reached a consen

applicable to hydrogen, polymers (i.e. plastics), and organic chemicals. In relation to

Single-use plastics are plastic goods that are used once and then discarded. One of the

, new rules on intentionally added microplastics will be discussed in late November.

stic products, in particular single-use plastics. The products that fall under the manuf

discuss a restriction proposal on microplastics by the European Commission in its upcom

n has regulatory specificity mostly for plastics but lacks it for other materials. 

ectively ban the import of all types of plastics, household waste, and electronic waste