Waitrose raises the bar on refillables with innovative plastics-free trial
Supermarket giant Waitrose has announced the most comprehensive refillable trial to date by a leading UK grocery retailer
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Supermarket giant Waitrose has announced the most comprehensive refillable trial to date by a leading UK grocery retailer
UK supermarket giants’ contribution to our plastic waste problem is exposed today by the most comprehensive analysis of the sector to date. The survey of Britain’s largest supermarkets and grocery chains reveals ten major retailers are placing over 810,000 tonnes of single-use plastic on the market every year
The full extent of UK supermarket giants’ contribution to our plastic waste problem is exposed today by the most comprehensive analysis of the sector to date.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace UK are conducting a survey of major UK grocery retailers, their use of single-use plastic packaging and their targets to reduce it
The UK Government’s ban on plastic microbeads has officially come into force today. The new law was supported by both Houses of Parliament last month and will ban the use of all solid microplastic ingredients in rinse-off cosmetic products
The cosmetics industry has submitted a statement to the European Commission objecting to the scope of the UK Government's plan to introduce a legislative ban on plastic microbeads. As a member of the Microbeads Coalition we object to limiting the ban since damaging microplastics would continue to flow into the sea.