Tag: single-use plastics

Time’s up for single-use plastic: Two thirds of Brits want supermarkets to make reuse schemes easier to reduce plastic

New research from GoUnpackaged has revealed that two-thirds of Brits (65%) believe…

Charlee Singleton

Dr. Bronner’s supports City to Sea

Dr. Bronner’s has announced its support of  City to Sea, an environmental organization…

Jane Wolfe

India launches Asia’s first Plastics Pact

India has become the first Asian country to join WRAP’s Plastics Pact…

Rosie Greenaway

Reverse vending machines proposed for EU plastic bottles

A new initiative is calling for EU supermarkets to install ‘reverse vending…

Rosie Greenaway

‘Plastic in product’ logo to mark plastic-free period products

The EC’s Single Use Plastic Directive rules that all disposable period products…

Rosie Greenaway

Plastic bottles upcycled into vanilla flavouring

Scientists have discovered a way for plastic bottles to be turned into…

Rosie Greenaway

Trashed: UK plastic waste burns in Turkey, says Greenpeace

Approximately 40% of the UK’s plastic waste is exported to Turkey before…

Rosie Greenaway

Sustainability: stemming the tide

Recent pressure from the plastics industry to delay single-use plastic bans amid…

Jane Wolfe

Ksoni innovates with UK’s first ‘shampoo in a can’

Natural brand Ksoni has developed what it says is the UK’s first…

Jane Wolfe

M&S claims ‘first’ with food-to-go reusable container scheme

Food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer says it is the first…

Jim Manson

URBIOFIN consortium aims to innovate in waste transformation

At this month’s Natural & Organic Products Europe event, NATRUE’s regulatory &…

Jane Wolfe

2018 – or the year policymakers got serious about plastic waste

With 2018 already behind us, we can now say with some certainty…

Andrea Gutierrez-Solana

Life in plastic: not fantastic

As the world finally wakes up to the disastrous effects of plastic…

Rosie Greenaway

European Parliament backs ban on throwaway plastics

Under draft plans approved by the European Parliament yesterday, single-use plastic items…

Jane Wolfe