Nestle to invest £1.5 billion to boost use of recycled plastics
ZURICH (Reuters) - Food giant Nestle (NESN.S) will invest up to 2 billion Swiss francs (£1.5 billion) to source more recycled plastics...
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Bristol will become the first UK city to ban the use of all diesel cars from roads in March 2021
Ban on all diesel cars and Clean Air Zone for commercial vehicles in 2021 Bristol is the first UK city set to launch a city ban on diesel...
China moves to ban plastic bags in all of China’s major cities by end of 2020
China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said on Sunday, as it...
PepsiCo has goal to reduce the use of virgin plastics by 35% by 2025
In late 2019, PepsiCo set a new target for 2025 to reduce the use of virgin plastics for its beverage brands by 35% through the increased...
Mayor Young signs law banning plastic bags in Baltimore
Baltimore has officially banned single-use plastic bags at retailers in the city starting in 2021. The new law forbids grocers and other...
JetBlue to be first carbon neutral airline in U.S. on domestic flights starting July
Discount airline, JetBlue, plans to be the nation's first airline to be carbon neutral when it begins in July to purchase carbon offsets...
Birmingham's 'through driving' ban is an addition to a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) arriving in July 2020
The most controversial element of Birmingham's project is about 'transforming the city centre' and a ban on vehicles from driving through...
London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) extended to be 18-times larger by 26 October 2021
Ultra Low Emission Zone already in place and due to be expanded in 2021 London's Ultra-Low Emission Zone is the first Clean Air Zone of...
Asda launches refill stations at 'sustainability store' to reduce plastic
Asda is launching a new “sustainability store” where shoppers will be able to fill containers with own-brand products as well as...
Cadbury Launches Paper Packaging Trial in New Zealand
Mondelēz International has launched its Cadbury Energy bar in new packaging made from 100% recyclable sustainably sourced paper that will...
UK is on target towards recycling 70% of plastic packaging by 2025
WRAP reveals UK is on target to reduce plastic. In its first annual report for the UK Plastics Pact, the organisation added that members...
Colgate launches recyclable toothpaste tube and will share its tube technology with competitors
Colgate-Palmolive said it will share its tube technology with competitors in a bid to help make recyclable tubes an industry standard...
2020 sees single-use plastic products now removed from the IKEA home furnishing range in all stores
Phasing out single-use plastic Single-use plastic items pollute ecosystems if not disposed of responsibly. As part of our commitment to...
Quorn Foods introduces carbon footprint labelling
The new labels will provide carbon emissions data on a “farm to shop” basis and will be rolled out across 60% of the company’s products,...
National Trust to plant 20 million new trees to step up the battle against climate change
The National Trust has unveiled one of the UK's biggest woodland expansion and tree planting projects in an ambitious plan to become...
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