EIA has long pushed for an increase in the price of single-use carrier bags to help fight plastic pollution and welcomes the UK Government’s decision to raise it from 5p to 10p and extend the charge to all businesses in England from 21 May
The scale of plastic pollution is increasingly impossible to ignore and there’s a rising tide of tide of public opinion wanting to see it tackled
Too many of the UK’s leading supermarket chains are treading water in the fight against mounting plastic pollution, our latest research reveals
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.
Despite contributing less than 1.3 per cent of the mismanaged plastic in the world’s oceans, Pacific Island Countries and Territories are one of its main recipients
The supermarket chain Morrisons has announced it is starting trials with a view to replacing plastic ‘bags for life’ with strong paper bags