The 2025 Buyer’s Guide To Single-use Plastic Ban Laws | Bioleader® Insights

No. Material and packaging classification must be reviewed first. Pure molded sugarcane fiber should not automatically be treated as single-use plastic packaging, while paper packaging may contain polymer coatings or plastic components that affect classification. EN 13432 is relevant when an industrial-compostability requirement or claim applies to the finished product; it is not a universal certificate required for every fiber-based package.

No. The Italian measure does not establish a blanket compostability requirement for every takeaway container. Its foodservice provisions focus on specified single-use plastic formats, including defined in-premise HORECA packaging and individual-portion condiment packaging, subject to statutory exceptions. The fresh-produce category has also been modified by the Senate conversion text.

The EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/904) bans plastic cutlery, plates, straws, stirrers, polystyrene food containers, and oxo-degradable plastics. Compostable or reusable alternatives like bagasse trays, cornstarch utensils, and kraft paper bowls are recommended.

Certain packaging formats may potentially follow Italy’s Article 9(2)(b) compostability pathway because PPWR Article 25(3) preserves that mechanism when the 2030 Annex V restrictions apply. This should not be interpreted as permission for every compostable plastic product. The exact packaging format, PPWR restrictions, any applicable national exemption, certification scope and final Italian legislation must all be checked.

Yes. Under Canada’s SOR/2022-138 regulation, bagasse packaging is accepted as a certified compostable alternative. Products must meet ASTM D6400 standards and are often certified by BPI to verify compostability.