Waste Trade UK MP's call to ban plastic waste exports Nov 11, 2022 Reading time: about 3 minutes MPs demand that the UK should ban all plastic exports by 2027 to reduce the country’s contribution to global plastic waste pollution. The ban should be part of a strategy to use less ...
Data from the UK Office for National Statistics indicates that over 3,000 excess deaths were recorded during the heatwaves last summer. So what happened? What are some of the lessons the UK has learned that also have implications for the entire world? Bob Ward, policy and...
How much is plastic waste recycled in the United Kingdom? After a rapid growth since 2012, the UK's plastic recycling rate has plateaued in recent years.
Plastic waste in the UK Key figures Supermarkets Food waste of the cooperative Tesco: Share of food waste of prepared foods of total food waste Share of recycled waste of the co-operative group Further reports Get the best reports to understand your industry Food waste in the U.S. ...
Around 45% of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and plastic waste is on the increase. However, one of the problems with present plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lower-quality plastic with worse properties (特性) than the original. This means that plastic drink...
C UK supermarkets are producing more plastic waste despite promises to cut down, new research suggests, as sales of bags for life increase to 1.5 billion.Retailers(零售商) were responsible for more than 900,000tons of plastic waste in 2018, according to a report from the Environmental Investiga...
CE approaches should be applied due to various waste hierarchy implementations and operational steps like collection, sorting, pre-treatment, reusing, recycling, composting, biological treatment, energy recovery, incineration, and landfills, leading to different potential measurements in waste statistics. As...
More Plastic Waste Strewn across Welsh Beaches Than Whole of UK CoastlineTHE amount of plastic found strewn on Welsh beaches was almost 10% higher than the UK average, a survey by a leading environmental campaign group has shown.Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)...
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recycling and a ban on all UK plastic waste exports. The recommendations were made in a November 2022 report by the cross-party Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee, which...
Around 45% of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and is on the increase. However, one of the problems with present plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lower-quality plastic with worse properties (特性)than the original. This means that plastic drink bottles cannot...