
UK Government announces commitment to a global treaty to fight plastic pollution
The UK Government has today (18 November) made a landmark announcement to support a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution
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The UK Government has today (18 November) made a landmark announcement to support a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution
Today (1 October), a UK-wide ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers came into effect
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
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? […]