From tiger trafficking to supermarket plastics – the differences we’ve made in 2019!
As we prepare to get our teeth into a new decade of challenges, here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a busy year in 2019
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Checking Out on Plastics II
Today we release, with partner Greenpeace, the new report ‘Checking Out on Plastics II: Breakthroughs and backtracking from supermarkets’, revealing that seven of the top 10 supermarkets had increased the plastic packaging they use, also known as their ‘plastic footprint’.
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
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Supermarkets churn out more than 900,000 tonnes of plastic a year, despite pledges to cut back
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
Almost a billion plastic bottles are flying off supermarket shelves
Plastic pollution from bottled water sales is soaring as UK supermarkets reveal they sold more than one billion plastic water bottles in 2018
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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
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