A Plastic Planet

It is now seven years since Sir David Attenborough's Blue Planet - yet the plastic crisis rages on

Supply chain

It is now seven years since Sir David Attenborough's Blue Planet - yet the plastic crisis rages on

We now know that people can have as much as seven grams of plastic in their brains - when is enough, enough, asks A Plastic Planet co-founder Sian Sutherland.

clock 28 May 2025 • 4 min read
Sian Sutherland: 'The plastic crisis is an extraordinary one-off gateway to the climate crisis'

Recycling

Sian Sutherland: 'The plastic crisis is an extraordinary one-off gateway to the climate crisis'

Co-founder of A Plastic Planet and the Plastic Health Council chats about her role in launching a new moulded fibre bottle company at Davos, and why she's encouraged by innovation in new bio-materials

clock 18 February 2025 • 7 min read
'Disappointing': Capri-Sun launches petition to overturn EU ban on plastic straws

Legislation

'Disappointing': Capri-Sun launches petition to overturn EU ban on plastic straws

Environmental campaigners slam soft drinks brand's campaign to bring back plastic straws as 'misleading' and 'dangerous'

clock 03 September 2024 • 3 min read

Waste

Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?

A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean

clock 13 January 2021 • 4 min read

Recycling

Morrisons to phase out hard-to-recycle black plastic

Eliminating black plastic from own-brand goods should result in 4,000 tones of plastic becoming easier to recycle, the firm said

clock 12 November 2019 • 2 min read

Supplier

SOHO House and A Plastic Planet partner in new bid to slash plastic waste

SOHO House has become one of the first firms to join a new campaign to slash plastic use in the luxury and hospitality sector

clock 03 May 2019 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Morrisons trials plastic bottle return machines with offer of reward points or charity donation

Supermarket has introduced plastic bottle deposit return vending machines at two of its stores in North Yorkshire and Scotland

clock 13 July 2018 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Mobile plastic-free supermarket opens in the Netherlands

A Plastic Planet launches 'Mobe-Aisle' lorry trailer selling food and drink products free from plastic packaging

clock 28 June 2018 • 2 min read

Waste

Global action on plastic surges, but is change coming fast enough?

UN dedicates World Environment Day to global plastic fight, as environment chief Erik Solheim warns of a 'plastic calamity'

clock 05 June 2018 • 4 min read