All eyes on Canada: Top scientists join EIA in urging Canada to support a global plastics treaty
As the world calls out for a global treaty to fight plastic pollution, Canada remains conspicuously silent
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Doubling cost of single-use plastic bags in UK is great – but what about the 1.5 billion ‘bags for life’?
EIA has long pushed for an increase in the price of single-use carrier bags to help fight plastic pollution and welcomes the UK Government’s decision to raise it from 5p to 10p and extend the charge to all businesses in England from 21 May
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EIA podcast – Are the UK’s supermarkets doing enough to check out on plastics?
The scale of plastic pollution is increasingly impossible to ignore and there’s a rising tide of tide of public opinion wanting to see it tackled
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Major UK supermarkets are treading water in a growing ocean of plastic packaging
Too many of the UK’s leading supermarket chains are treading water in the fight against mounting plastic pollution, our latest research reveals
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Energy and petrochemical sectors must not be let off the hook in plan to cut EU methane emissions
As the European Commission today released its long-awaited EU Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions in the struggle against global warming, EIA urged it to beef up its limited commitments in the energy sector
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UK plastics ban is just a first step towards turning the tide on plastic pollution crisis
Today (1 October), a UK-wide ban on plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers came into effect
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