Unilever says it wants to halve its use of 'virgin' plastic by 2025
The business, whose brands include Dove, Ben & Jerry’s and Lipton, said it would achieve this by cutting its “absolute use of plastic...
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400+ States and Cities in US have plastic bag bans or taxes
More than 400 laws and ordinances across the country ban or tax plastic bags, according to Jennie Romer, an attorney at the Surfrider...
Banana Leaves Have Replaced Plastic Packaging In Asian Supermarkets
Single-use plastic has been making waves in the news ever since it became apparent just how harmful it can be. In 2016, the world...
More than 90 countries ban plastic bags. Another 36 regulate them with levies and fees
ACCORDING TO THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), up to 5trn plastic bags are consumed each year. Disposed of improperly,...
Fearing economic disruption, Indian govt shelves plan of countrywide ban on single-use plastic
The government has held off imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics to combat pollution, officials said on Tuesday, a measure seen...
The Ocean Cleanup Successfully Catches Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Today, we announced that System 001/B is successfully capturing and collecting plastic debris. After one year of testing, we have...
Norwegian Cruise Line, third-biggest cruise co, aims to switch to paper-based water cartons by 2021
When the Norwegian Encore, the newest ship from Norwegian Cruise Line, launches in November, it will carry no plastic water bottles to...
LA city law restricting plastic straw use at restaurants starts tomorrow Oct 1st
View video A new city law requiring restaurants in Los Angeles not to serve plastic straws unless requested by customers goes into effect...
Maldives to phase out single-use plastic by 2023
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih used his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York to announce a comprehensive...
Nova Scotia plans ban on single-use plastic bags in 2020
Premier Stephen McNeil marked the first day of the fall legislature by calling an emergency climate debate on climate change. The move...
Victoria to take plastic bag ban fight to the Supreme Court of Canada
City's single-use plastic bag ban was quashed by the B.C. Court of Appeal earlier this year The mayor of Victoria says her city will seek...
Aldi announces in #Recycleweek own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022
This #RecycleWeek Aldi announces all of own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022. The Aldi 10 Plastic and...
Baltimore Considers Plastic Bag Ban
Baltimore officials want to ban retailers from giving out single-use plastic bags, but there’s legislative gridlock on the particulars....
Budweiser to replace plastic rings from can multipacks with cardboard sleeves
Budweiser to remove plastic rings from can multipacks Beer maker Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I has announced that it will be removing...
Coca-Cola will no longer use plastic shrink-wrap on can multipacks sold in the UK
Instead, four, six and eight packs of cans will be entirely packaged in 100% recyclable, sustainably-sourced cardboard, they said. The...
Italy to give consumers 20% off for shopping plastic-free
Italy is planning a 20 per cent discount on supermarket products sold loose in a pioneering attempt to slash the thousands of tonnes of...
PepsiCo announces a new target to reduce 35% of virgin plastic content in its drinks range by 2025
PURCHASE, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) today announced a new target to reduce 35% of virgin plastic...
Anchorage’s plastic bag ban takes effect today Sunday 15th
Anchorage’s stringent ban on plastic bags takes effect Sunday. You’ll no longer be offered a flimsy plastic bag in the grocery checkout...
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