plastics

UN to start work on blueprint for treaty hailed as ‘most significant multilateral deal’ since the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015

Research agency unveils winners of sustainable packaging competition, which it says aim to 'alter the UK's relationship with plastic'

With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like

Campaigners and companies call on governments to establish treaty that aims to curb plastic production and consumption, as well as ramp up recycling and waste management infrastructure

Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to lead crack down on water pollution

In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material

Two competitions launched by the government agency are geared at supporting firms that can help the the UK meet its 2025 Plastics Pact targets

Supermarket ranked top in a Greenpeace report evaluating progress made by UK supermarkets in slashing plastic use

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics