Think twice before purchasing Christmas crackers this festive period
30% of extra waste is generated during the festive period and Christmas crackers are a major source of this waste,
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Waste and Recycling
New ‘recycling-up’ process has saved 340,000 plastic bottles from landfill
Toiletry product company Splosh has created a closed-loop recycling system, which makes it easier for consumers to recycle their products.
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Nottingham shopping centre has launched a new coffee cup recycling scheme
Nottingham Giltbrook Retail Park has launched on Saturday (November 30) a paper cup recycling scheme with the hopes to recycle
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Glasgow aims to be plastic-free by 2030
Glasgow City Council has announced a Plastic Reduction Strategy, a 24 point action plan that will see the city free
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Fighting back against Black Friday e-waste
Retailers are preparing for a surge in sales during Black Friday weekend, with big discounts online and in-store. Christian McBride
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Why Black Friday needs to get greener
With Black Friday coming up this week (November 27), Environment Journal wanted to investigate the environmental consequences of this shopping frenzy.
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Recycling wind turbine parts could provide savings of up to 40%
Engineers are currently developing a way to recycle wind-turbine parts in order to contribute to a more circular economy by
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McDonald’s launches new plastic-free programme
Fast-food giant McDonald’s has launched a new programme to cut plastic waste from its restaurants, which will begin by removing
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Two thirds would pay more for packaging with less plastic
Almost two thirds (62%) of Europeans would be willing to pay a premium price for products that use packaging with
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Major drink companies to use 100% recyclable bottles, but scepticism remains
Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and PepsiCo have joined together in an attempt to tackle the plastic waste problem with their new
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Sky invests in zero-waste shopping service
Sky TV has invested £1.5m into a zero-waste shopping service that delivers products to customers in reusable packaging. The plastic-free
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O2 has recycled 3 million devices in ten years
Mobile phone company O2 has diverted over three million devices from landfills through its recycling program, which encourages consumers to
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Serious pollution incidents have increased by 27% since 2017, report says
The Environment Agency (EA) published a report today (October 28) revealing that although the majority of England’s business are working
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Coca Cola world’s largest plastic polluter
Coca-Cola is the world’s largest plastic polluter, polluting more than the next three global polluters combined, according to a report
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An estimated 4.5 trillion cigarettes are thrown away each year
Cigarette filters are one of the most commonly collected items of litter globally, and contrary to popular belief they have
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Government plans to track UK waste at home and abroad
Up to £1m of government funding is being awarded to help tackle waste crime in the UK and prevent illegal
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New process creates fresh plastic from waste
Researchers have developed an efficient process for recycling plastic by turning it into a gas that can then be recycled
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Misleading wording on packaging encourages littering, study says
Confusion around compostable packaging could lead to an increase in littering, with 38% of consumers not realising that compostable packaging
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Scotland looks to single use plastic ban
The Scottish government has announced plans to match the EU Single-Use Plastic Directive in order to tackle marine litter coming
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Young girls are fighting for climate change
50% of young girls want to change the environment when they grow up, according to a recent international survey conducted
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