Polluting products and brands pulled from Sheffield City Council-owned billboards

Stuart Stone
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Adverts for airlines, airports, fossil fuel-powered cars, and polluting firms banned from Sheffield City Council-owned platforms

Sheffield City Council has this week blocked firms deemed to be fuelling the climate emergency from advertising on council-owned billboards, social media, and websites under a city-wide crackdown on "greenwashing"....

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