Join our growing army of changemakers and get unlimited access to our premium content In 2019, Unilever, which owns iconic brands such as Dove, Cif and Magnum, set a target to halve its use of virgin ...

Plastics can be found everywhere on farm. From greenhouses, polytunnels, silage wrap, mulching, plastic reservoirs, irrigation systems to buckets and water troughs, their presence is pervasive across ...

Half of Britons intend to make a New Year’s resolution to use less plastic in 2022, according to a survey – but only 1 in 7 are “definitely” clear about which alternatives are better for the ...

Plastic pollution is rapidly becoming an environmental crisis. More than 40% of the plastic produced every year goes into single use products - whether that's food wrappers, bottles or plastic bags.

Half of UK adults want to see an additional charge on single-use plastic packaging, much like the supermarket bag charge introduced in 2015. This would see consumers face an additional charge for ...

Plastics: Redefining Single-Use was a multidisciplinary research project. With £1 million from UKRI we created a team of world-class experts to redefine single-use plastic. Many members and themes ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Some of the world's biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo, Mars and Nestle, are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025, ...

The Welsh government is pressing ahead with delayed plans to ban single-use carrier bags and plastic drinking straws in Wales. Plastic plates, cutlery, stirrers and cotton buds would also be banned ...

Recycling is getting a bad reputation. If the green loop sign was an actual brand, this would be the time to ring up the best publicist around and get some sound PR advice. Last week, millions of ...

A new competition run by Sky Ocean Rescue and the Premier League is getting children to use less single-use plastic in schools and communities. The Plastic Pollution Challenge asks primary school ...