By 2020 Aldi aims for 100% of all of their own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compositable and across all products by 2025.
Last year’s report by Environmental Investigation Agency (…
Pandemic prompted states to temporarily ban reusable grocery bags and stalled legislation aimed at reducing plastic packaging.
Consumers were refusing straws and toting their own coffee mugs.…
Forums speak of hundreds of tonnes of plastic and other waste discarded by public.
Hundreds of tonnes of additional rubbish, including mountains of single-use plastic, is being discarded by the…
A fast growing mountain of toxic e-waste is polluting the planet and damaging health, says new report.
At least $10bn (£7.9bn) worth of gold, platinum and other precious metals are dumped every year…
The response to the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has seen many states and countries reverse course on their efforts to reduce the ubiquity of single-use plastics. Now, it seems…
Pre-pandemic, Australians made great progress on phasing them out – it is possible for the good work to continue.
As Covid-19 restrictions start to ease, we’re unlikely to return to our previous…
An estimated 14,000 tons of microfibers sloughed off of soiled laundry is believed to be released into European oceans every year, further contributing to microplastic pollution with a threat of…
The gruesome images of whales and deer dying after mistaking plastic for food has helped put into perspective just how severe the plastic waste crisis is. Now, a new study finds that it is not just…
When it comes to recycling and recyclability, very little, it seems is straightforward — even something as seemingly simple as orange juice can present a conundrum. In Germany, many smaller shops…
New research suggests there may be far more microplastics in the ocean than initially estimated.
Microplastics, which breakdown into miniscule pieces of plastic are notoriously tricky to catch.…
Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles.
Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops…
As Africa Drowns in Garbage, the Plastics Business Keeps Booming
ROSEMARY NYAMBURA SPENDS her weekends collecting plastic with her aunt Miriam in the Dandora dump in Nairobi.
The bright colours of latex gloves risk can be mistaken as food by seabirds, turtles and other marine mammals putting them at risk of severe injuries and death.
Faced with a lack of regulation and unenthusiastic governments, ingenious activists across Asia are finding localised and creative ways to fight against plastic waste, and winning.
Researchers at University of Tasmania find 14 different kinds of plastic smaller than 5mm in an ice core from 2009.
Small pieces of plastic have been detected in sea ice in Antarctica for what…
From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder.
The cheerful, singing voice inside your musical “Happy Birthday” card is enough…
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists.
The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles…
Tracey Williams has been a beachcomber for most of her life. It started with school holidays to north Cornwall in the 1960s, searching for shells, sea glass and mermaids’ purses among the rocks and…
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled.
A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic…
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