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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New supermarket study underlines the need to put doors on fridges to help combat climate change
Six years after we called on supermarkets to put doors on fridges as standard in the fight against climate change and energy consumption, a new major study underlines and endorses the position
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What’s your verdict? The antiques trade appeals its failed bid to quash UK Ivory Act
A small group of antiques dealers will have another day in court 0n 24 February in a second bid to shoot down the UK Ivory Act
A wasted opportunity? Plastic waste exports targeted by UK, but further action needed
The UK Government has introduced its new Environment Bill, which includes powers to end exports of polluting plastic waste to some of the world’s poorest countries
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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
Antiques trade bid to quash landmark UK Ivory Act fails in the High Court
A small group of antiques traders have failed in their bid to overturn the UK Ivory Act