{"id":114553,"date":"2023-05-31T07:55:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/uk-producers-urged-to-rethink-using-flushable-label-on-wet-wipes-packaging\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T07:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:55:42","slug":"uk-producers-urged-to-rethink-using-flushable-label-on-wet-wipes-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/uk-producers-urged-to-rethink-using-flushable-label-on-wet-wipes-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"UK producers urged to rethink using flushable label on wet wipes packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114553\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The UK government has called on manufacturers of wet wipes across the country to address the rising concerns over the \u2018flushable\u2019 labelling on various wet wipes. UK environmental secretary Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Coffey has written a letter to domestic wet wipes producers outlining the government\u2019s various associated concerns. One of the major concerns is the increasing number of wet wipes, estimated at approximately two to three billion annually, which are flushed down toilets by consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The letter has urged the manufacturers to \u2018reconsider\u2019 the use of the word \u2018flushable\u2019 on the packaging of its wet wipes that is seen as the root cause of the issue. The government claims that the use of the words \u2018flushable\u2019 or \u2018fine to flush\u2019 may motivate consumers to flush their used wipes in toilets instead of disposing of them properly via dedicated bins. Avoiding the use of such words is further expected to help minimise sewer blockage and water pollution issues across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The government has now asked the country\u2019s wet wipes producers to prepare a viable and actionable plan to address such concerns. The latest move comes as the government works to accelerate its efforts to manage harmful plastic in the environment and clean up the country\u2019s waterways. The initiative is also in line with the government\u2019s \u2018Plan for Water\u2019 effort. The plan is committed to a public consultation that aims to propose a ban on all wet wipes containing plastics. The proposal was a result of public pressure from retail giants to tackle the issue, including Boots and supermarket Tesco.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/india-how-is-climate-change-impacting-menstrual-health\/a-65761484\">Packaging Gateway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/6-362\/\">UK producers urged to rethink using flushable label on wet wipes packaging<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,2803,579,1938],"class_list":["post-114553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-label","tag-uk","tag-wet-wipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}