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Major retailers are backing these nine alternatives to single-use plastic bags
Major retailers are backing these nine alternatives to single-use plastic bags

Could the planet-littering plastic bag be on the way out?

  • Waste
  • 19 February 2021
'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior
'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior

Campaigners accuse supermarkets of 'treading water' on plastic pollution, while pressure builds on MPs to accept amendmends to Environment Bill that would see the UK adopt legally-binding plastics reduction targets

  • Waste
  • 26 January 2021
Government urged to close Brexit loophole that allows export of UK plastic to poorer countries
Government urged to close Brexit loophole that allows export of UK plastic to poorer countries

Campaigners accuse Ministers of backtracking on environmental and election manifesto promises over alleged failure to match waste export policy with that of the EU

  • Waste
  • 22 January 2021
Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020
Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020

Supermarket claims to have met its pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic, working with suppliers to remove unnecessary and excessive packaging of products

  • Waste
  • 05 January 2021
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Consumer goods giants falling short on plastic goals
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Consumer goods giants falling short on plastic goals

Progress update from Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP warns the shift away from single-use plastic is not happening fast enough

  • Waste
  • 06 November 2020
'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism
'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts

  • Management
  • 21 October 2020
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'

Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste

  • Waste
  • 20 October 2020
Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns
Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns

Overseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed

  • BusinessGreen
  • 21 September 2020
Build back better? Lego pledges up to $400m for fresh sustainability drive
Build back better? Lego pledges up to $400m for fresh sustainability drive

Toy giant announces wide-ranging new programme to accelerate the development of sustainable materials and curb plastic use

  • Technology
  • 16 September 2020
Plans unveiled for 'world's biggest' recycling facility in bid to meet soaring European demand
Plans unveiled for 'world's biggest' recycling facility in bid to meet soaring European demand

Loop Industries and SUEZ reveal plans to build giant plastic recycling facility, as pressure grows for sector to boost capacity across Europe

  • Recycling
  • 11 September 2020
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives

The new initiatives build on L'Oreal's ambitious 2030 sustainability strategy, launched in June

  • Recycling
  • 10 September 2020
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering

UK chemicals firm INEOS announces it has made progress incorporating recycled plastics into more challenging applications, as Coca-Cola launches two new recycled plastics commitments in Europe

  • Waste
  • 08 September 2020
How the oil industry's bet on plastics risks $400bn in stranded assets
How the oil industry's bet on plastics risks $400bn in stranded assets

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns

  • Energy
  • 04 September 2020
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever

  • Waste
  • 28 August 2020
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks

The innovation is now in place on UK cans of Foster's, Kronenbourg and Heineken, with the rest of Heineken's portfolio set to follow in 2021

  • Technology
  • 18 August 2020
Morrisons aims to ditch plastic 'bags for life' as it unveils paper bag trial
Morrisons aims to ditch plastic 'bags for life' as it unveils paper bag trial

Supermarket chain to trial paper bags at eight stores which if successful could be rolled out nationwide

  • Supplier
  • 17 August 2020
Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?
Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels

  • Waste
  • 06 August 2020
Highway made from plastic waste begins construction in Carlisle
Highway made from plastic waste begins construction in Carlisle

Asphalt specialist MacRebur claims integrating waste plastic bags in road surfaces cuts down on landfill, emissions and improves safety

  • Waste
  • 29 July 2020
Mastercard takes aim at non-recyclable credit cards with sustainable materials database
Mastercard takes aim at non-recyclable credit cards with sustainable materials database

Initiative aims to encourage banks to adopt credit and debit cards made from recycled, chlorine-free, biodegradable and ocean plastics

  • Waste
  • 23 July 2020
Aldi pledges to halve plastic packaging by 2025
Aldi pledges to halve plastic packaging by 2025

Aldi said it would work with suppliers to remove the equivalent of 2.2 billion single items of plastic of its shelves within the next five years

  • Management
  • 13 July 2020
Mr Muscle bottles aim to help clean up ocean plastic
Mr Muscle bottles aim to help clean up ocean plastic

Household cleaning brand SC Johnson launches ocean-plastic Mr Muscle bottle line following success of similar initiative with Windex in the US

  • Recycling
  • 03 July 2020
Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?
Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem

  • Supply chain
  • 22 May 2020
Inside Eastman's moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics
Inside Eastman's moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials

  • Recycling
  • 15 May 2020
Scientists hail plastic-eating enzyme as 'breakthrough' for recycling
Scientists hail plastic-eating enzyme as 'breakthrough' for recycling

Demonstration plant to open next year for lab-engineered enzyme researchers claim can break down 90 per cent of PET plastic in 10 hours

  • Recycling
  • 09 April 2020
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