Avainsana: Plastic
Aldi to remove single-use plastic bags from fruit and veg aisles
Aldi UK & Ireland will remove single-use plastic bags from the produce aisles in all of its stores by the end of the year, the…
Lego is replacing its clear plastic bags with recyclable paper
If you buy a Lego set today, the toy bricks come packed in tiny numbered plastic bags. Every year, the toy manufacturer uses hundreds of…
Report models how UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025
A report from Greenpeace has modelled how UK supermarkets could make significant reductions to the amount of plastic they produce by focusing their attention on…
Coca-Cola European Partners Invests in CuRE to Recycle PET
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is continuing its work to drive a closed-loop system, most recently investing in an up-and-coming technology to turn mountains of waste…
’War on plastic’ could strand oil industry’s £300bn investment
The war on plastic waste could scupper the oil industry’s multi-billion dollar bet that the world will continue to need more fossil fuels to help…
Plastic bags: Government confirms all retailers in England to levy 10p charge from April
The 5p charge on plastic bags is being ramped up to 10p and will be extended to all retailers in England from April next year,…
U.S. Plastics Pact Launches to Ignite Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic
Today, the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), launched as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s…
Plastic recycling momentum surging in Europe
Global consultancy McKinsey & Co., in an article prepared by its Chemicals group in August, says Europe is in the midst of “quiet before the…
Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: study
There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean today than the estimated total weight of plastic waste dumped in…
Toymakers ride eco-friendly wave by cutting plastic
The nation’s (Japan) toymakers are increasingly reducing plastic waste amid heightened public interest in environmentally friendly goods. The trend to reduce the use of plastic…
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks
Heineken is rolling out new cardboard packaging for its UK beer can multipacks in a bid to eliminate plastic from thousands of cans of lager…
Microplastic particles now discoverable in human organs
Microplastic and nanoplastic particles are now discoverable in human organs thanks to a new technique. Microplastics have polluted the entire planet, from Arctic snow and…
Seafood Study Finds Plastic In All Samples
A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a…
Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’
There are trillions of microplastics in the ocean — they bob on the surface, float through the water column, and accumulate in clusters on the…
Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution
The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but…
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