Plastics

Festive #PointlessPlastic

Posted by Alice Hunter - 6th December 2018
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Nets of satsumas, sprouts bagged in plastic and Christmas puddings wrapped in shiny plastic layers – as the festive season approaches, our supermarket shelves start to groan with even more excessive plastic packaging than usual. Most of us like to indulge in festive treats at this… Read More

Black plastic: what’s the problem?

Posted by Alice Hunter - 23rd November 2018
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Black plastic is one of the most problematic forms of plastic you can find on supermarket shelves – but what makes this microwave meal tray favourite so bad? Any plastic food packaging that’s designed to be used once and then thrown away is not good news… Read More

How did your supermarket score in our new plastic league table?

Posted by Elena Polisano - 15th November 2018
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With company plastic packaging pledges popping up all over the shop since Blue Planet 2, we wanted to cut through the confusion by ranking UK supermarkets in a plastic league table. So back in May we partnered with the Environmental Investigation Agency… Read More

Now that ‘single use’ is the word of the year, plastic’s days are numbered

Posted by Louise Edge - 8th November 2018
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The term ‘single-use’ has become has become synonymous with plastic in the past few years, as evidence gathered by scientists and campaigners has gradually revealed how single use plastic drinks bottles, bags and food wrappers are causing a plastic pollution pandemic.   That single-use is… Read More

Why the government should ban “problem plastics”

Posted by Alice Hunter - 2nd November 2018
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What do black plastic trays, styrofoam takeaway boxes and PVC clingfilm have in common? They’re all “problem plastics” – non-recyclable, too expensive to recycle or toxic to the environment. Obviously these materials aren’t the only… Read More

In pictures: The plastic pollution pandemic

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 23rd October 2018
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"End the age of single use plastics" people power event at Heroes Square, Budapest.
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A global survey released today shows that none of the major consumer goods giants responsible for most of the single-use plastic in circulation have any plans to reduce the amount of plastic packaging they produce. The Greenpeace survey of eleven world-leading brands including Coke, Nestle and Procter & Gamble, also… Read More