Morrisons removes all plastic bags for life from UK stores
Supermarket retailer Morrisons is removing all plastic versions of its "bags for life" from stores nationwide, in favour of paper and...
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Aldi launch trial of packaging-free products
Aldi has launched a trial selling its first packaging-free products to help customers shop more sustainably. The trial is available at...
France approves ban on short domestic flights
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours,...
Colgate introduces manual toothbrush with a reusable handle and 80% less plastic
Over 495 million adult manual toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. in 2020 and will likely end up in landfill because they cannot be...
Smarties packaging in switch to recyclable paper, 250 million plastic packs now made from paper
Smarties packaging has changed from plastic to paper worldwide, according to the manufacturer Nestlé. This move means that 250 million...
General Motors sets goal of 100% electric by 2035
GM announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting...
Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for 'best' carbon capture technology
Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...
Waitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest plan
Waitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
The world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motors
From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Heinz removes plastic from all multipack canned products with PEFC certified paperboard
Heinz continues to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the launch of a convenient & skinny cardboard sleeves on all multipack...
Seagrass collects up to 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean Sea each year
There is strong evidence that the seafloor constitutes a final sink for plastics from land sources. There is also evidence that part of...
European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat
Today’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived...
Paris to turn Champs Élysées into 'extraordinary garden' after 2024 summer olympics
The Champs-Élysées, a 1.9km-long avenue in central Paris, will undergo a major €250m makeover following the 2024 Summer Olympics. The...
Norway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehicles
Electric cars comprised 54% of all new vehicle sales in Norway for 2019. This makes Norway the first country to have sold more electric...
On Monday 44% of Germany's electricity came from wind power
data available at https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
New monkey among 503 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists in 2020
Despite an uncertain year, Museum scientists have described 503 species new to science. As the climate crisis continues to unfold, never...
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