Morrisons and Waitrose ditch glitter on cards and plastic packaging for Christmas
Morrisons and Waitrose have stripped glitter from Christmas cards and plast packaging in a bid to deliver a more eco-friendly festive...
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Ikea UK starts buy-back scheme for used furniture to discourage "excessive consumption"
Ikea will start buying back customers' used furniture at stores across the UK and Ireland next month, in an effort to discourage...
Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen
Chemists have used microwaves to convert plastic bags, milk bottles and other supermarket packaging into a clean source of hydrogen....
Belgium uses giant 'vacuum cleaner' to remove millions of plastic particles from nature reserve
Engineers have built a giant ‘vacuum cleaner’ to rid a Belgian nature reserve of millions of pieces of plastic litter too small to...
German Lower House approves tax on greenhouse emissions for fuels, heating, gas starting 2021
Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a tax on greenhouses gas emissions to be levied in stages from 2021, raising...
Canada will ban single-use plastic items by the end of next year
Under the newly-unveiled list of single-use plastics being banned in Canada, plastic grocery bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings,...
No more plastic for Comic Relief’s Red Noses from 2021
While Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s had already been researching sustainable materials, the charity stepped up its plans after received...
UK PM Johnson to unveil plan to power all UK homes with wind by 2030
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline plans on Tuesday for Britain to “build back greener” from the coronavirus pandemic by...
NHS in UK targets net zero emissions by 2040
Britain’s National Health Service pledged on Thursday to become the world’s first healthcare system to cut carbon emissions to net zero,...
Plastic straws banned in England from Thursday (1 October)
Single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds will be banned from sale and distribution in England from Thursday (1 October),...
Robots target coronavirus with ultraviolet light at London's St Pancras train station
Robots that can kill the coronavirus with ultraviolet light have been brought in at one of London's biggest train stations, St Pancras...
China says it will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 + curb likely global warming by 0.2-0.3C
President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 is the most significant climate policy move for years...
California plans 2035 ban on the sale of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks
California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035 as the top U.S. auto market shifts to...
EU aims to cut aviation emissions by 10% with more direct flights
The European Commission hopes to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry by up to 10% by making flight paths more direct...
Kenya harnesses fly larvae's appetite to process food waste
Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan...
Coca-Cola bottles now made of 50% recycled plastic in the UK
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), in partnership with Coca-Cola Great Britain, has announced that all plastic bottles across all its...
U.S. Plastics Pact shares goal to make all plastic packaging recyclable by 2025
U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), launched as part of the Ellen...
U.S. Senate Democrats unveil $400 billion-a-year plan to tackle climate change + greenhouse gases
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than $400 billion a...
UK to introduce legally binding environmental targets to combat climate change
Britain said it would bring in legally binding targets on air quality, waste reduction, biodiversity and cleaner water as part of efforts...
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop to record low in April: EIA
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in April fell to their lowest level, according to the U.S Energy Information...
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