THE UK prime minister, Theresa May, has unveiled the government's long-awaited 25-year plan for improving the environment. It talks about protecting wildlife, making the country cleaner and greener, and so on. It all sounds wonderful, but it is mostly waffle. The government's 25-year ...
numbers come from a 2011 study by the UK Environment Agency. It should come as no surprise that the humble single-use plastic carryout bag has by far the lowest carbon footprint, the basic reason being that there's simply so little material there. Plus, it's plastic, which has a low m...
Montreal Moves to Ban Styrofoam and Single-Use Plastic Food Packaging Share this: Tweet Share Pushback on Plastiphobia, Puerto Rico, Pakistan and Microplastics Like this: Loading... MICHAEL STEPHEN COLUMN (ex UK MP) ENZYMICAL – ADVANCING ENZYMATIC PET UPCYCLING TECHNOLOGY ...
Here in the UK we would love to see the government taking a stronger stance against single-use plastics. The recent (and long awaited) 5p charge can go a small way to reducing plastic bag usage, but really why not just ban it? It’s hard to see who will lose out by taking the bol...
global oil use, but, again, that’s for all plastics. Bags will be a pretty small fraction of this.Researchby the UK Environment Agency, indicates that the overall environmental impact of single-use plastic bag manufacture is considerably less than that of some “environmentally friendly”...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Plastic Ball [′plas·tik ′bȯl] (nucleonics) A large gamma-ray detector used at colliding-beam accelerators, and consisting of about 1400 lead-glass elements for recording photons that completely surround th...
In 2019 Morrisons was voted the most environmentally responsible company in the UK for its work on plastics reduction at the Responsible Business Awards, run by HRH The Prince of Wales’ Business in the Community Network. For more information, visit: www.morrisons.co.uk....
Thomas Maes, marine litter scientist at Cefas said: "Since efforts from across Europe came into effect, including the UK's five pence charge, we have observed a sharp decline in the percentage of plastic bags captured by fishing nets on our trawl surveys of the seafloor around the UK as co...
Plastic litter isn’t just ugly to look at, it is a threat to the environment. As studies continue to show, plastic is accumulating rapidly in every corner of the natural environment. United States Plastic Recycling News
In the United Kingdom, a fee on plastic bags has been canceled for online deliveries, and the UK ban on plastic straws, cotton buds, and stirrers has been postponed by half a year. Bans on SUPs have also been postponed in Canada and in South Australia. In Italy, a tax on virgin ...