HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii County is looking for a contractor to operate a reusable foodware program. The county has opened a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a community wide program to collect ...

The Central Bank of the UAE, on Thursday, unveiled the new symbol for the national currency in its physical and digital forms. The symbol was derived from the English name of the dirham to serve ...

Hawaii Emergency Services Department director Jim Ireland joins "Spotlight Now" to talk about the challenges within his department and around his reappointment. The Department of Planning and ...

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The Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, or S.B. 54, is designed to cut single-use packaging and plastic foodware waste by introducing a statewide extended producer ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. With Republicans just one vote away from having veto-proof control of the ...

Perkins Coie Releases Ninth Annual Food & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation Year in Review. In 2024, class action filings against the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry reached a near high ...

In a speech before the United Nation’s General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Edward ...

The 2022 law would overhaul how plastic packaging gets recycled in the state by requiring that thousands of companies reduce single-use plastic packaging and foodware by 25 percent by 2032 and pay ...

The law still requires that thousands of companies reduce single-use plastic packaging and foodware by 25 percent by 2032 and pay for and ensure that 100 percent of their products are recyclable ...

In 2022, a ballot measure that would have put an end to most single-use packaging and foodware in the state was pulled after industry representatives and lawmakers promised to write legislation ...