a2 Milk becomes first mainstream dairy brand to ditch plastic bottles
The first mainstream fresh dairy brand to switch from plastic milk bottles to cartons goes on sale in UK supermarkets […]
Month: September 2018
Supermarket Becomes First in UK to Replace Single-Use Plastic Bags With Compostable Alternative
British retailer Co-op has unveiled plans to ban single use plastics and replace roughly 60 million plastic bags with environmentally […]
Lidl to stop using black plastic fruit and vegetable packaging
Lidl UK says it will remove black plastic from its entire fruit and vegetable range by the end of the […]
All the plastic you can and cannot recycle
Most people are trying their best to recycle plastic – but the many different ways in which recycling is collected […]
ICELAND LAUNCHES PLASTIC-FREE PRE-PACKED BANANAS
Frozen food specialist Iceland has become the first UK supermarket to introduce plastic-free packaging for its pre-packed bananas. Iceland’s bananas […]
Microplastics can spread via flying insects, research shows
Microplastic can escape from polluted waters via flying insects, new research has revealed, contaminating new environments and threatening birds and […]
Thailand bans import of plastic and WEEE waste
Thailand has joined Vietnam in banning imports of plastics and WEEE waste. This might disrupt current business practices however it […]
EU PRESSED TO SET MANDATORY RECYCLED PLASTIC CONTENT REQUIREMENT
34 European organisations have asked the EU to implement a minimum requirement for recycled plastics in new products in response […]
Plastic food pots and trays are often unrecyclable, say councils
Most of the plastic food containers that householders wash out after use and put in the recycling bin cannot actually […]
France to introduce plastic packaging tax
The French Government will use classic economic instruments to address the plastics crisis. They will tax the negative and subsidise […]