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plastic

Waste

Poll: Consumer confusion and mistrust over plastic recycling is growing

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

clock 24 September 2018 • 3 min read

Taxation

Is a plastic tax really the best way forward?

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

clock 24 September 2018 • 4 min read

Management

Co-op unveils 'compostable' bags as it plots single-use plastics ban

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

clock 22 September 2018 • 3 min read

IT

'Plastics Cloud': SAP harnesses machine learning to track plastic use and recycling trends

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

clock 21 September 2018 • 2 min read

Waste

Parliamentary pioneers: Westminster ditches single-use plastics, but public wants more action

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

clock 21 September 2018 • 3 min read

Waste

On Norman Mailer, Michael Gove, and the meaning of 'avoidable' plastic waste

EIC's Matthew Farrow welcomes the public and political focus on plastic waste, but fears it is yet to translate into a credible and sustainable plan of action

clock 19 September 2018 • 4 min read

Politics

Reports: Treasury lining up plastic levy on fast food drinks cups in Budget

Chancellor said to considering extending 25p 'latte levy' to disposable soft drink and milkshake cups sold in fast food chains

clock 14 September 2018 • 1 min read

Waste

Fashion industry accounts for more than a third of ocean microplastics, report warns

Washing an item of closing made of synthetic textile can release up to 700,000 microscopic fibres in the water

clock 13 September 2018 • 3 min read

Recycling

Waste plastic as a fuel? Neste, ReNew and Licella launch joint effort

Three companies team up to develop waste plastics as a raw material for making fuels, chemicals and new plastics

clock 17 August 2018 • 2 min read

Waste

How should businesses tackle risks posed by the shift away from plastics?

Companies face a raft of transition, reputational, physical, and liability risks from the consumer and economic shift away from single use plastics, ClientEarth report warns

clock 25 July 2018 • 6 min read
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