plastic pollution

Alan Branagh of Net Zero Alchemists reveals how Belfast Harbour became the first in the UK to install water-borne tech to capture and remove litter and microplastics

New report argues legislation to tackle soft plastic is needed, as supermarkets struggle to crack down on 'unnecessary' plastic pollution

More than 46,000 tonnes of microplastics and over 1,000 tonnes of chemical additives will find their way into the UK’s waterways this year, Earth Action warns

Robust plastics which typically persist in the environment for centuries can be safely returned to nature within 18 months using specialist technology, a 'world-first' study has claimed

Government pledges to invest £13.9m in supporting marine conservation programmes at Our Oceans Conference

May temperatures in Saudi Arabia reaching extremes previously confined to summer , report finds countries can ‘dramatically impact’ plastic pollution without global consensus, and Spain earmarks €9bn for energy transition

London has the most shops offering refillable products that can replace single-use plastic, followed by Bristol, Oxford, and Brighton and Hove

Philip Ehrhorn, co-founder and chief technology officer at The Great Bubble Barrier, discusses how the technology stops plastics from entering oceans

Charity calls for 'bolder circular economy pledges from governments, brands, and retailers to tackle on-going plastics pollution

Almost 80 per cent of the world's population live in areas that have already exceeded plastic waste management capacity, new research finds