Quick summary: Clean ocean campaigners warn of ‘Covid waste’ surge, as single-use masks and gloves wash up on beaches worldwide Coronavirus causes twelve-fold increase in facemask manufacture in China, with billions produced across the globe Disposable masks primarily made of polypropylene, a plastic that takes…
Quick summary: Absolut and L’Oréal among brands involved The bottles, made of biodegradable plastic and cardboard, will be the first for carbonated drinks and beer Materials are 100% recyclable and compostable within a year A group of global brands has announced their support for a project to develop a plant-ba…
Quick summary: Auchan Retail to replace all single-use plastic stock – including straws, disposable cutlery, and plastic plates – with biodegradable alternatives Continente, meanwhile, declare annual plastic savings amounting to 4,200 tonnes Measures come with Portugal’s ban on single-use plastics by 2020, outpa…
Quick summary: Investment funds that focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices have bucked the downward trend in the first months of 2020 Despite coronavirus, sustainable funds saw a $10.5 billion growth in the first quarter, over double that in the same period last year Analysts predict fur…
Quick summary: Study finds 74% of consumers would pay more for sustainable packaging 59% say they are less likely to buy a product in “harmful” packaging, with 57% considering plastic “harmful” In Europe, only 6% consider plastic to be “eco-friendly” Nearly three quarters of consumers would be willing to pay mo…
Quick summary: Nearly 2 million pieces of plastic detected per square metre in Mediterranean Highest concentration ever discovered found in sediment deposits Visible rubbish thought to account for only 1% of actual marine waste Scientists have discovered the highest concentrations of microplastics ever detected…
Quick summary: Over 100 single-use coffee cups and nearly 250 plastic bottles used per capita annually in the UK 83% of British admit to being confused about what can be recycled An estimated 30% of recyclable items end up in general waste The average British person will use 109 single-use coffee cups, 242 pla…
Quick summary: Welsh government aligns with EU standards with proposed ban on single-use plastics by 2021 Plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates, some carrier bags, and cotton buds all set to be outlawed Plans are part of Beyond Recycling, the Welsh plan to be zero-waste by 2050 The Welsh Government has c…
Quick summary: EU ban on single-use plastic still set for 2021, despite pressure to delay due to COVID-19. UK restrictions, originally planned for April, postponed until October According to the EU’s research, single-use plastic constitutes 50% of all marine litter The European Union has reaffirmed its commitme…
Over 150 billion straws are consumed every year in single-use packaging. It’s our mission to help the industry switch away from plastics and to comply with the European Single Use Plastic Directive (Directive (EU) 904/2019). To meet the global demand, we’re focused on developing three solutions for the market: a…
In just over a year plastic straws will be banned in Europe. Machine builder Tembo from Kampen in the Netherlands has developed a machine that manufactures very strong paper straws at an extremely fast pace. Worldwide, every year about 700 billion plastic straws are used and then discarded. The plastic straw has…
Dubai Airports (DXB) announced that it will actively ban single-use plastics from its consumer spaces from January 1, 2020. Dubai Airports joined hands with 106 businesses operating at DXB on World Environment Day last month to showcase the positive impact of eliminating plastics. Dubai Airports is, among other t…
