Co-op and Iceland back bottle deposit scheme to reduce plastic pollution
Iceland and Co-op have become the first two supermarkets to support the introduction of a bottle deposit scheme in England […]
Month: November 2017
Lobster found with Pepsi logo “tattoo” fuels fears over ocean litter
Concerns over debris littering the world’s oceans are back in the spotlight after a Canadian fishing crew found a lobster […]
Ellen MacArthur and Stella McCartney launch A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion’s future
On November, 28, 2017, Ellen MacArthur and Stella McCartney co-hosted the launch in London of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s latest […]
The plastics problem: are natural alternatives doing more harm than good?
Around the world, companies are trying to develop materials that can take the place of oil-based plastics, which can have […]
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because tiny bits of floating plastic look like prey. […]
Plastics found in stomachs of deepest sea creatures
“Very worrying finding” from nearly 11km deep confirms fears that synthetic fibers have contaminated the most remote places on Earth. […]
Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution
Fulmars are effective biological indicators of the abundance of floating plastic marine debris. Long-term data reveal a high concentration of […]
Sewage plants are leaking millions of tiny plastic beads into Britain’s seas
According to a new Report, sewage plants are contributing to plastic pollution in the ocean with millions of tiny beads […]
The Plastic Bottle Cap Report
Billions of plastic bottles are sold and opened every day and many of the bottle caps end up in […]
Plastic in roads – plastic bottles and bags recycled to build roads
Plastic in roads, what do we mean by that? Engineers and chemistry experts have developed a process that allows […]