Plastic Waste

Scientists lead calls for £15 million National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.

Greenpeace’s report Trashed says UK plastic has been found dumped and burned across southern Turkey.

Households got through 128 bits of plastic waste in a week on average, up from 99 in similar surveys conducted before lockdown.

A million pieces of sustainably sourced, recyclable, compostable, plastic-free PPE to be produced each week.

Scientists recorded 508,000 trapped crabs on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean.

A staggering 83 percent of the material in Halloween costumes is oil-based plastic. 

Misconceptions about the impact humans are having on the planet are widespread, according to the study by the Policy Institute at King's College London.

Packaging of brands familiar from UK supermarkets found strewn across multiple sites thousands of miles away.

The fallout from the China ban continues, with multi-million dollar American recycling industry facing crisis.

A new policy from Thai government, aimed at cracking down on illegal waste imports, will place added pressure on struggling UK recycling sector. JOE SANDLER CLARKE investigates for Unearthed