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
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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
UK top supermarkets flood Britain with 59 billion pieces of plastic packaging every year
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
Ship waste legislation clears major hurdle in vote today
The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) today (9 October) adopted several critical amendments to a European Commission proposal to address pollution from ships, which contribute approximately 32 per cent of marine plastic pollution in European waters
Supermarkets challenged to act faster on plastic, as new survey launches to rank their efforts
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
UN initiative agrees to spearhead fight against marine plastic pollution
Efforts to address global plastic pollution took a significant step forward today as world governments agreed to establish a specialist group tasked with examining options to combat marine plastic pollution