Humans produce a staggering 275 million tonnes of plastic waste a year and very little of it is recycled – mostly, it ends up in the environment, polluting land and sea while having a terrible impact on our natural world. Could the solution be a new global treaty to join forces and fight it together? […]
A new plan unveiled by the European Commission to curb plastic pollution is a step in the right direction but will only be effective if it is strongly implemented
The plastic packaging produced by supermarkets in the UK has risen to more than 900,000 tonnes a year despite public commitments to cut down
Consumer goods giant Unilever is to drastically slash its use of plastics by half – and must achieve this via a wholesale reduction in single-use packaging
Retail giant Sainsbury’s has today announced plans to double efforts to get rid of plastic
Supermarket giant Waitrose has announced the most comprehensive refillable trial to date by a leading UK grocery retailer