Half of UK consumers willing to pay more to avoid plastic packaging
Eight in 10 consumers are trying to reduce their plastic waste and half would be willing to pay higher prices […]
Author: Irene Crescenzi
Morgan Stanley takes aim at ‘systemic’ plastic waste crisis with flurry of financial pledges
Global financial services firm launches drive to prevent, reduce, and remove 50 million metric tonnes of plastic waste from water […]
Firms make promises to reduce plastic packaging
A group of Irish businesses has pledged to no longer use PVC in packaging where viable alternatives exist by the […]
Supermacs removing plastic straws from its menu
The Supermacs fast-food chain is to replace plastic straws with paper alternatives across its 116 outlets as part of a […]
SUEZ Publishes Review Of Defra Producer-Responsibility Proposals
SUEZ has today (Thursday 18 April 2019) published a report providing a critical review of Defra’s proposed plans and options […]
Cheshire ‘plastics-to-gas’ plant agreement signed
PowerHouse Energy – the company behind a ‘waste plastics to gas’ technology – has signed a deal which will see […]
Cost of deposit return scheme “largely outweighs gains”, says IEA
The running costs of the government’s proposed deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks cans and bottles is a very expensive way of […]
Australia’s largest Coca-Cola bottler to launch 100% recycled plastic bottles this year
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has pledged to double the amount of recycled plastic it sources for inclusion in plastic bottle production, […]
Six-decade plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic waste
A trove of data showing when the Atlantic began choking with plastic has been uncovered in the handwritten logbooks of […]
UK cafés and restaurants pilot lunchbox refill scheme to slash plastics waste
Dozens of independent cafés and fast food restaurants across the UK will allow customers to bring their own reusable lunchboxes […]