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UK plastics ban is just a first step towards turning the tide on plastic pollution crisis
Today (1 October), a UK-wide ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers came into effect
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Today (1 October), a UK-wide ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers came into effect
Ahead of tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) UN biodiversity summit, hosted online from New York, many world leaders have signed up to promise to halt the destruction of nature on Earth
Grocery retail giant Iceland today (16 September) announced its full and accurate plastic packaging footprint for 2019 as 31,000 tonnes, highlighting concerns about how inaccurate reporting from the UK retail sector is holding back meaningful action on plastic pollution.
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The supermarket chain Morrisons has announced it is starting trials with a view to replacing plastic ‘bags for life’ with strong paper bags
An article on Palm Oil Monitor last week made false allegations against the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), claiming we are being funded by UK AID to help further a fictitious European Union policy seeking to undermine Indonesian farmers by stopping them from exporting palm oil to the EU