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Artist finds 3 plastic cereal box toys from 1958 while sifting through waste from Cornish beach
Environmental Artist Rob Arnold collects 40 bags of plastic rubbish from local beach Tregantle Beach in Whitsand Bay, last month. Mr...
Black plastic packaging use falls by 75% in the UK and is now only 0.7% of plastic packaging mix
Black plastic packaging use falls in the UK, says RECOUP RECOUP has reported that the amount of black plastic used in UK packaging has...
Scotland to introduce 20p deposit return scheme by July 2022
The scheme, which has currently been delayed by 15 months until July 2022, will see shoppers will pay a 20p deposit when buying drinks in...
Beijing's single-use plastic ban starts May 1st along with waste recycling schemes
A number of consumer-facing environmental regulations will be put in place on May 1st. These include new rules banning Beijing...
EU dismisses Plastics Industry call to lift ban on single-use plastics - 2021 deadline remains
“The Commission’s position continues to be that deadlines in EU law have to be respected,” said Vivian Loonela, the EU Commission...
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented the idea of recycling
Researchers at Pompeii, the city buried under a thick carpet of volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, have found that huge mounds...
Dutch to introduce 15 cent deposits on small plastic drinks bottles from 2021, 100m bottles targeted
The Netherlands is to introduce a 15 cent deposit system on all plastic bottles smaller than one litre, junior environment minister...
Scuba Diving Group producing face masks with recycled ocean plastic
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) are making masks by reusing plastic waste that polluted the sea. It is doing so in...
Satellite data can now track Ocean plastic pollution - 86% accuracy for macroplastics over 5mm
A new method of detecting patches of floating macroplastics - larger than 5 millimetres - in marine environments is presented in...
SodaStream to eliminate 67 billion plastic bottles from production by 2025
SodaStream, the leading sparkling water brand in the world, part of PepsiCo, today announced their ambitious goals in their mission to...
Earth Day Plastics Pollution App - take pictures and help identify the sources of plastic pollution
Plastic pollution is a global problem that requires collective action to solve. The production of plastic products has grown...
Defra postpones plastic straws ban in England until October 2020 due to pandemic
Defra has delayed by six months the introduction of a ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds due to the “huge challenges posed...
China to ban thin plastic bags, plastic film
China will look to ban ultra-thin plastic bags and agricultural-use plastic mulch, as well as other types of non-biodegradable plastic...
Groundbreaking new enzyme converts plastic waste into new bottles with 90% degradation in 10 hours
CARBIOS, a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announces the...
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