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Europe’s nine major rivers all contain microplastics

2,700 water samples collected from the four European sea fronts and the nine major rivers in Europe shows that 100% of the water sources contain microplastics.

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Phones in the EU responsible for 14.12 million tonnes of CO2 every year

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New ‘recycling-up’ process has saved 340,000 plastic bottles from landfill

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Nottingham shopping centre has launched a new coffee cup recycling scheme

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Glasgow aims to be plastic-free by 2030

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Advent calendars pose major environmental and recycling problems

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McDonald’s launches new plastic-free programme

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Two thirds would pay more for packaging with less plastic

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Manchester project to turn plastic waste into 3D printing material

A €9.6m project will turn single-use plastic waste into a raw plastic material which can be re-used for the 3D printing process.

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Government to ban the sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds

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Campaign aims to clear up confusion around plastic waste

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60% of adults are unsure how to recycle, report suggests

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Petition goes to Number 10 demanding action on plastic pollution

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Sustainable fashion: seeing the wood for the trees

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WWF urges government to add deforestation protections to Environment Bill

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Decline in global ecosystems will cost the global ecomy £8 trillion by 2050