Restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery firms will be forced to report their utilisation of single-use plastics to the authorities and also submit formal recycling plans, China's commerce ministry said in proposals published on Monday.

Companies are increasingly coming under pressure on account of globalisation to safeguard the health and safety of employees and users of chemicals and hazardous materials, as well as the environment. Historically, chemical regulation in the Middle Eas...

Updated on 3 Jul. 2020 Background: In accordance with Article 30 of the Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act (TCCSCA, revised in 2019), enterprises that manufacture or import certain quantities of existing chemical substances each year s...

According to the Measures on the Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances (MEP Order 7), 245 substances are qualified for IECSC inclusion and are under public consultation. On 21 Jun. 2019, China Ministry of Ecology and Environment relea...

As we approach the start of a new decade, Chemical Watch’s deputy news editor Charlotte Niemiec says Southeast Asian countries are beginning to moves towards the sound management of chemicals. As the global chemicals industry moves into a new decade...