Three-quarters of UK consumers say government needs to prioritise the battle against plastic pollution and force the industry to reduce packaging.
Aldi to reduce plastic waste in double-volume toilet roll trial
Aldi plans to reduce plastic packaging waste by doubling the volume of sheets per roll, which will in turn reduce the size of the packaging.
Lidl launches first-of-its-kind bottle return scheme
Lidl has become the first supermarket to launch a deposit-free bottle return scheme trial in Glasgow.
Unilever, Coca Cola and Nestlé named biggest corporate plastic polluters
Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Unilever have been named the world’s top 3 corporate plastic polluters from a report by Break Free From Plastic.
The Big Plastic Count: Greenpeace launches UK’s largest plastics survey
Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic have launched The Big Plastic Count – the UK’s largest survey ahead of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations.
Sainsbury’s to save over 775 tonnes of plastic
Sainsbury’s is swapping its own-brand mushroom punnets from plastic to carboard, saving the supermarket over 775 tonnes of plastic.
Unilever sells 1.7k single-use plastic sachets every second
Unilever is selling 1700 single-use plastic sachets every second, according to new figures released by Greenpeace International.
Tesco backs ‘effective’ policy on fresh fruit and veg plastic ban
Tesco is backing an “effective government intervention” on banning fresh fruit and vegetable plastic.
Returnable plastic packaging could slash emissions by 35 to 70%
Returnable packaging could slash emissions by 35 to 70% but only if designed collaboratively across industry and operated at large scale.
Global Plastics Treaty: much work ‘remains to be done’
Much work “remains to be done” to finalise a Global Plastics Treaty, said INC chair Gustavo Adolfo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez.
