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Islington to create ‘Low Plastic Zone’

Islington Council want to create one of London’s first-ever Low Plastic Zones (LPZs) to cut ...

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Plastic bag sales plummet due to 5p levy, figures show

Sales of single-use plastic bags by England’s biggest retailers are continuing to plummet since the ...

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Gove gives update on ‘world-leading’ Environment Bill

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that policies to tackle plastic waste, improve recycling and ...

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Failure to meet environmental targets cost EU €55bn last year

The European Union’s economy lost £54.7bn last year due to member states’ failures to implement ...

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Global action needed to tackle rising tide of e-waste

The world needs to co-operate to counteract the growing problem of electronic waste (e-waste), a ...

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Anaerobic digestion could prevent ‘millions of tonnes’ of food going to waste

Giving large-scale food and drink manufacturers more support to install on-site anaerobic digestion facilities could ...

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Britons are getting recycling wrong

According to a new survey from the British Science Association, Britons are regularly misunderstanding what ...

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Chancellor announces consultation on single-use plastic tax

The Chancellor has used his first spring statement to promise a public consultation on a ...

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It’ll take collective action to curb coffee cup waste

News of the government’s reservations about a suggested ‘latte levy’ is a disappointment but comes ...

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Good brews in the war against plastic waste

It seems that everybody these days is talking about about single-used plastics, but one British ...