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Recycle Week slammed as ‘greenwashing’ as MPs call for more sweeping single-use plastic bans
…plastic waste crisis. We also need to limit plastic where it makes sense. This is why removal, reduction, replacement and reuse and refill are all part of The UK Plastics…
Private sector ‘faces $100bn risk from plastic pollution this decade’
…to stop plastic pollution. The report documents how, increasingly, the social costs of plastic pollution are being quantified. There is an improving body of scientific research looking into how plastic…
Businesses encouraged to disclose plastics footprint through CDP for the first time
…users to split their plastics into packaging, polymers and durable plastics categories, rather than simply providing a headline figure. CDP is stating that, while most companies are not fully measuring…
Coca-Cola, Nestle and Danone face legal complaint over plastics recycling claims
…of these bottles will be made to create new, food-grade packaging. The recycling rate for all plastic packaging in the EU is just under 40%. And, of all plastics produced…
Alliance to End Plastic Waste launches $500m ‘circular plastics’ fund
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was launched in 2019 by 26 companies representing chemical and plastic manufacturers, consumer goods firms, retailers and manufacturers across the plastics value chain….
Waitrose rolls out soft plastic recycling scheme in stores
…had previously been housed in rigid plastic tubs and flexible plastic pouches. Tesco anticipates that the changes will mitigate the use of 252 million tonnes of plastic annually. edie has…
Tesco touts removal of half a billion pieces of plastic packaging in 2021
…Tesco has removed plastic trays from whole chickens, mitigating 14 million pieces of plastic in a 12-month period; swapped plastic for paper punnets on some of its best-selling tomato, plum…
A just transition must be central to global plastics treaty negotiations
World leaders are finally on the verge of tackling our planet’s plastic problem. But they need to do it fairly. With a global treaty to end plastic pollution due to…
Sainsbury’s switches from plastic to cardboard for own-brand steak trays
By removing the plastic steak trays, Sainsbury’s will save 10 million pieces of plastic each year, a positive change in the world of packaging. The plastic replacement, carboard trays, are…
Retailers blasted over ‘deceitful’ plastic phase-out claims
…on plastics use. The most notable of these is, according to the report, flexible plastic take-back schemes – where consumers return certain types of packaging to the store to be…
4 opportunities for tackling problematic plastics in 2022
…we’re still, ultimately, making more plastic.” 2) Accelerating innovation When businesses start being less reactive and more proactive in their approach to plastics, it was stated, they can have a…
UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax set to be reformed
The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022. It applies at a rate of £200 per tonne to plastic packaging that includes less than 30% recycled content, covering imported…
“Enough is enough”: Talks for a global plastics treaty fall short of critical action
The Global Plastics Treaty aims to reduce the absolute level of plastics production globally, with a focus on the materials that pose the most risk to the environment and public…
Single-use plastic bag numbers down 97% in supermarkets since 2015
…redistributed to worthy causes. “There is much more to do to tackle the problem of plastic waste. That is why we are building on our single-use plastic bans and introducing…
Brands and retailers not on track for key 2025 sustainability goals on plastics
…intended to tackle global plastic pollution. Supporters include brands and retailers representing one-fifth of the global plastic packaging industry in terms of material used. The report confirms that Global Commitment…
Fresh wave of single-use plastics bans to be implemented in England this October
…on banning certain single-use plastic items that was held in 2021. Coffey confirmed that, from October this year, restaurants, cafes and takeaways will not be able to distribute single-use plastic…
WWF: Costs of plastic pollution largely borne by low-income nations
…of plastics, ensure that all the rest is collected and recycled, and deliver justice for waste pickers.” Tearfund is advocating for the treaty to include binding targets to reduce plastic…
The UK Government set to ban plastic-containing wet wipes to tackle water pollution
…further tackle the plastic crisis by implementing similar bans on all single-use plastic products and provide more policy certainty for businesses to make the transition away from plastics. City to…
UN Plastics Treaty draft unveiled, with global bans on problematic plastics in sight
…pollution throughout the lifecycle of plastic”. Their approaches should be “comprehensive” and cover all parts of the lifecycle. The idea is to reduce the absolute level of plastics production globally,…
Tesco to end sales of plastic-based wet wipes
The supermarket stopped stocking own-brand plastic-based wet wipes and baby wipes around two years ago and, after asking suppliers to shift to plastic-free alternatives or risk being delisted, will remove…
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