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Europe-wide ban could be in place on certain items by 2021 - but is the war on plastics a distraction from the climate fight?

In latest Green GB Week announcements, Ministers confirm 11 plastic waste tackling technologies are to share £4m of funding

Leeds car park to offer trial discounts for customers who hand in plastic bottles for recycling

Global initiative aims to help countries tackle plastic pollution by changing design, production and disposal habits around the world

Meat giant reports significant progress on cutting plastic use since it joined the industry-wide Plastics Pact earlier this year

Survey by recycler Viridor suggests many are worried about impact of plastic waste on environment, but are confused about how to recycle

Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy asks whether Treasury taxes on single use packaging products can really fix the problem and help to resolve the ocean plastic crisis

Supermarket plans to phase out own brand, single-use plastic packaging within five years, as rival Lidl announces ban on black plastic across fruit and veg range

Company says technology will enable better use of data to tackle plastic waste

Move to Vegware single use items comes as survey reveals more than half of UK consumers believe measures to reduce plastic waste do not go far enough