Plastics

Greenpeace protesters scale Unilever headquarters in plastic pollution protest.

Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy.

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Heineken products make up 23 percent of branded litter in UK.

The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental and social injustices. But what is the solution?

Four in 10 nests surveyed on the uninhabited Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde contained plastic.

Powerful storms and rising sea levels mean once-hidden waste could be exposed to pollute oceans and beaches.

MPs say the government should review systems where customers can reuse and refill plastic containers.

Sainsbury's is the first supermarket retailer to remove plastic applicators from their own-brand tampon range.

Tesco, Waitrose, Asda, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group sold 549 million plastic bags in 2018-19.

A group of leading business have launched a global initiative aimed at jumpstarting the plastics circular economy.

New survey reveals that three quarters of Brits think single-use plastic should be socially unacceptable.

Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & ending up in the world’s oceans.

Blue Marine Foundation's Safegear initiative to stop fishing gear being lost gets funding.

Explorer Victor Vescovo discovers plastic waste during the deepest ocean dive on record.

A Plastic Planet will go head-to-head with leading figures in the plastics industry.

The ReFILL station in Bude, Cornwall, is part of a growing national campaign to end the international disaster that is single use plastic pollution.

Upcoming government waste strategy must act on ‘invisible’ microplastics pollution.

A voyage around the South Pacific is on a mission to change how we think about plastics.

Surfers Against Sewage calls on Philip Hammond, the chancellor, to use tax system to tackle single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget.

Consumers are exasperated with manufacturers that do not make any effort to reduce their packaging.

Plastics are the green topic du jour. LOUISE DAVIES asks what the vegan movement can learn from plastic-free campaigners

The public backlash against single use plastics is not the only consideration for businesses. Client Earth, the environmental lawyers, have just published Risk unwrapped: Plastic pollution as material business risk.

The Women's Environmental Network is launching the Environmenstrual campaign - as it turns 30. This new coalition will bring together small companies, organisations and activists who want to ditch plastics and propel safe, sustainable menstrual wear into the mainstream once and for all, writes JULIA MINNEAR