Would You Like a Bag (Ban) with That?
China, which threw global plastic recycling markets into disarray in 2018 with its Green Sword policy banning plastic waste imports, has been ratcheting up domestic regulations to reign in single-use plastics. In January of 2020, China’s National Reform Development Commission announced a stringent policy for a nationwide plastic bag ban by 2022. China is not alone. Bans and taxes on plastic bags are spreading around the globe and they might soon come to your neighborhood, if they haven’t already.
A few decades ago they did not exist at all, but now plastic bags sit at the register of seemingly every store in the world. Their proliferation is easy to understand, plastic bags are very resilient and inexpensive for consumers. These qualities also make them an environmental menace. In the Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanups plastic bags have consistently ranked in the top ten of most commonly found types of plastic pol
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January 19, 2021
CP+ released the list of 20 companies that have registered so far to be part of the 2021 CP+ online show (from Thursday, February 25 to Sunday, February 28, 2021):
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Announcement for CP+ 2021 ONLINE: A World Premiere Show for Cameras and Photo Imaging
The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) (president: Masaya Maeda; address: MA Shibaura Bldg. 3-8-10, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) will hold CP+2021 ONLINE, a comprehensive camera and imaging exhibition, from Thursday, February 25 to Sunday, February 28, 2021. The archives will be on public view until Wednesday, March 31.
CP+2021 was shifted to an online-only event but features an abundance of content, such as organizer events, exhibitor events, and various seminars. CP+2021 also has its own official channel for streaming organizer events and the attractive content of exhibitors.