UK Government commits to global treaty to fight plastic pollution
The UK Government has today made a landmark announcement to support a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution
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Poor plastic progress: Supermarket plastic rises above 900,000 tonnes a year, despite plastic reduction pledges
Supermarket plastic has risen to more than 900,000 tonnes – despite retailers making public commitments to cut down their plastic packaging
Almost a billion bottles flying off the shelves: campaigners call for water dispensers to oust plastic water bottles
Plastic from bottled water is soaring, as UK supermarkets reveal they sold more than one billion plastic water bottles in 2018
First whale landed in Japan’s new commercial pirate whale hunt
The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan
Basel Convention amendments a big victory in the war on plastic pollution
Parties to the Basel Convention have agreed to amendments that will dramatically clean up the international trade of plastic waste
Tyranny of the minority slows international progress on addressing plastic pollution
At the 4th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4), member states of the UN Environment Programme failed to meet expectations to confront the ever-growing plastic-pollution crisis threatening our waterways, ecosystems and health