Targeted packaging waste legislation and single-use packaging regulation could finally signal a turning point in shift toward sustainable, reusable packaging. As long as policymakers don’t torpedo their own work and progress so far. The scale of pollution still attributable to single-use packaging waste is staggering. Today, our throwaway culture produces around 400 million tons of plastic waste every year. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) estimates that approximately 85 percent of all single-use packaging ends up as waste in landfills and in our natural environment. The full impact of this on human and planet health remains unclear, but it’s not good. (....)