Asda Opens New Sustainability Store with refill stations and plastic-free groceries
Asda has today opened its new sustainability trial store and unveiled a new plastics reduction strategy with a promise that customers...
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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...
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...
Aldi UK to remove single-use plastic bags from fruit and veg aisles by end 2020
Aldi has revealed the next step in its war on plastic by scrapping single-use bags for loose fruit and veg, a move that would save more...
Denmark will cull up to one million mink due to risk of coronavirus contagion
Denmark will cull around 1 million mink after finding further coronavirus infections among the animals at farms that breed them for their...
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,...
France to ban use of wild animals in circuses
France will gradually ban the use of wild animals in circuses, phase out orca and dolphin shows and will ban mink farming for fur, the...
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),...
A new super-enzyme eats plastic six times faster
A super-enzyme that degrades plastic bottles six times faster than before has been created by scientists and could be used for recycling...
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...
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