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Public tells government to ban polluting single-use plastics now
Over 51,000 people have participated in a government consultation and the results are clear: ban polluting single-use plastics now
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Plastic dumpsites in Turkey found to be highly contaminated with toxic chemicals
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Wasteminster: Greenpeace dumps 625kg of plastic waste at the Prime Minister’s gate in call to ban plastic exports
UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025 by reducing plastic across 54 grocery categories
Supermarkets could make big cuts to the amount of plastic waste they produce by zeroing in on just a few ‘problem products’ responsible for a big chunk of their plastic footprint, a groundbreaking new report has found
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Malaysia endures toxic legacy of UK plastic waste exports
A new Greenpeace report reveals the toxic legacy left by plastic waste shipped to Malaysia from countries like the UK, US, Germany and Italy
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Ministers give themselves ‘licence to fail’ as they dodge urgent nature targets
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Supermarket plastic rises above 900,000 tonnes per year, despite plastic reduction pledges
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Coke, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are top plastic polluters yet again
Global brands with plastic footprint of over 5 million tonnes are still failing on plastic
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Environment Bill loophole leaves nature targets in 18-year lag
A major loophole in the Environment Bill will give the government nearly two decades to meet future legally-binding targets.