11 companies take major step towards a New Plastics Economy
On January, 22, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the list of leading brands, retailers, and […]
Month: January 2018
Waitrose pledges to scrap black plastic trays from 2019
Waitrose is the latest retailer to react to the plastic packaging backlash, pledging not to sell own-label food in black […]
Danone’s Evian vows to use 100% recycled plastic in bottles by 2025
Evian has pledged to make all its plastic bottles from 100 per cent recycled plastic by 2025, up from […]
Coca-Cola pledges to recycle all packaging by 2030
Coca-Cola has announced a pledge to recycle a used bottle or can for every one the company sells by 2030. […]
Thousands of micro-plastic nurdles inundate Warrnambool coastline
Hundreds of thousands of tiny micro-plastics have inundated the south-west Victorian coastline, turning Warrnambool’s pristine beaches into something more evocative […]
Nearly 1m tonnes every year: supermarkets shamed for plastic packaging
Britain’s leading supermarkets create more than 800,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste every year, according to an investigation by […]
EU declares war on plastic waste
The Vice President of the EU Commission plans to ensure that every piece of packaging on the continent is reusable […]
McDonald’s aims for fully recycled packaging by 2025
First Iceland supermarkets and now MacDonald’s restaurants have announced that they will act on reducing disposable packaging and create recycling […]
Iceland supermarket chain aims to be plastic free by 2023
Iceland has become the first major retailer to commit to eliminate plastic packaging for all its own-brand products. The supermarket […]
Environment strategy aims to stop needless plastic waste
The UK’s 25 year environment plan does not mention deposits on bottles yet promises to eliminate avoidable plastics waste by […]