Plastic solutions for Monday, 5 October 2026

Today’s headlines about what is working against plastic pollution: new laws, recycling and reuse technology, cleanups and funding. Links go to the original publishers.

1. DENR pushes scaling of circular economy solutions to fight plastic pollutionThe Chronicle PH, 5 Oct
2. Why Plastic Bans Alone Won't Solve Marine LitterDaily Tribune, 5 Oct
3. Retailers turn to greener packaging as plastic rules tightenBusiness Day, 5 Oct
4. Cambodia Drafts Nationwide Rules on Plastic Packaging Wasteretailnews.asia, 4 Oct
5. Pro­testers across N.Y. state call out Starbucks over plastic recycling claims following in­ves­ti­gationSpectrum News, 4 Oct
6. VPK Packaging – Balancing compliance, cost and shelf impactGrocery Trader, 4 Oct
7. Ocean Bacteria That Eat Oil May Also Help Recycle the World’s PlasticsBioengineer.org, 4 Oct
8. Borouge, Borealis, CFF and PMS join forces to study polyolefin recycling ecosystem in Indonesiahydrocarbonprocessing.com, 3 Oct