Solutions to YOUR Packaging Needs - Flipbook - Page 2
THE WHAT, WHY, WHEN & HOW
Confused about the Single-Use Plastics Directive?
The Challenge Under our transposition of the SUP
Directive, the following SUP items will be banned
from being placed on the Irish market from 3 July
2021:
• Cotton Bud Sticks
• Cutlery
• Plates
• Stirrers
• Chopsticks
• Straws
• Expanded polystyrene single use food and
beverage containers
• All oxo-degradable plastic products
*Important to Note : Although PLA ( Compostable bio plastic)is a natural polymer , the compostable or
biodegradable plastic material is still man-made in a laboratory via a chemical reaction, in the same
way as synthetic polymers. The SUPD also bans the use of these products in above categories .
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