Schools urged to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022
Schools are being encouraged to set themselves the target of eliminating their reliance on single-use plastics by 2022. The education […]
Year: 2018
Plastic bag fee ‘to double to 10p’ and include every shop
The 5p fee for plastic carrier bags in England will be doubled to 10p, and extended to all shops, under […]
Queen’s University Belfast Awarded £1 Million To Tackle Plastic Waste
Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded £1 million to tackle plastic waste problems. The aim of the project is to […]
Microplastics found to permeate the ocean’s deepest points
Chinese researchers find 2,000 pieces of microplastics per litre of water, 36,000 feet down at the bottom of the Mariana […]
BASF making progress with chemical recycling project
BASF SE is advancing its plastics recycling ambitions with a new ChemCycling project, which involves using mixed plastic waste to […]
Costa Rican firm uses recycled plastic to make construction blocks
An environmentally focused business in Costa Rica has begun making construction blocks from a combination of recycled plastic and limestone. […]
UK charities warn of Christmas plastic waste mountain
Christmas will bring a fresh mountain of plastic waste to the UK, charities are warning today, with more than 103,000 […]
EU Agrees to Slash Single-Use Plastics to Halt Marine Pollution
Encouraging news on the fight against plastic pollution! Europe is one step closer to banning some of the most common […]
Startup firm uses recycled PET panels to make durable homes
JD Composites Inc., a Canadian startup company, is constructing a concept house using PET foam made from more than 500,000 […]
Plastic export market ‘under threat’ from Basel proposals
Proposals to amend the Basel Convention – the international treaty on waste shipments – could make it more difficult to […]