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Plastic bags have become a ubiquitous part of modern life, appearing in grocery stores, retail shops, and households worldwide. Introduced in the 1960s, their convenience quickly made them a staple ...

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A company has started a free, mobile scheme to collect and squash waste plastic - meaning it can be reused. Oxfordshire-based packaging company Polythene UK uses a van with an onboard compactor to ...

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Big businesses are unlikely to meet timebound commitments to only use reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025 due to rises in types of flexible packaging like sachets and film, ...

The Lego Group has announced the launch of a pilot programme that will see the company partner with recycling charity Give Back Box to enable consumers to donate old lego bricks to be redistributed to ...

Every one of us creates huge amounts of plastic waste. Whether from soda bottles, water bottles, or milk jugs, plastic bottles account for a huge amount of household waste. However, you needn't ...

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Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, and solving the problem will require regulatory action. But there are ways consumers can help Cutting boards, non-stick pans, mixing bowls, even ...

A Thurso-based institute is leading an effort to encourage greater reuse of plastic waste found washed up on hard-to-reach European beaches. The new project, called Circular Ocean, will see ideas ...

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American life. For the first time, plastic toothbrushes, bottles, kitchenware, and fu ...