{"id":247812,"date":"2026-01-16T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:23:07","slug":"uae-firm-launches-reusable-foodware-to-combat-single-use-plastic-at-major-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247812\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Firm Launches Reusable Foodware to Combat Single-Use Plastic at Major Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kassapantoniou noted that partnerships with local entities are essential to the success of any circular solution in the UAE.<br \/>During WFES, Again, Please in collaboration with the Environment Agency \u2013 Abu Dhabi (EAD), launched a framework to establish a reusable foodware ecosystem on Yas Island. The initiative aligns with Abu Dhabi\u2019s Single-Use Plastic Policy and the executive regulations banning specific single-use plastic products, which came into effect on June 1, 2022, as well as the federal regulations introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/uae\/government\/uae-to-ban-more-single-use-plastic-items-from-january-1-1.500381533\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">additional bans that came into effect starting January 1, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kassapantoniou noted that partnerships with local entities are essential to the success of any circular solution in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82,3314,113128],"class_list":["post-247812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-uae","tag-uae-single-use-plastic-ban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}