News News in brief | Reconomy acquires Waste Source Ltd 15th December 2020 greyparrot / Reconomy / The Ferrero Group / WasteAid News 102 million disposable facemasks discarded each week in the UK 15th December 2020 Coronavirus / NLWA / plastic / Single-Use News Welsh government backs project to turn waste plastic into carbon nanotubes 14th December 2020 plastic / Swansea University / Wales News Councils struggling with ‘data black hole’ in face of net zero targets 11th December 2020 Climate Change / data / local authorities / net zero News Dame Glenys Stacey selected as preferred chair for new green watchdog 11th December 2020 Dame Glenys Stacey / Environment Bill / Office for Environmental Protection News Unilever and Starbucks join alliance to boost anaerobic digestion use in US 10th December 2020 Anaerobic Digestion / Farm Powered Strategic Alliance / Starbucks / Unilever News Waste sector emissions can be reduced by 75% by 2050 – CCC 9th December 2020 Climate Change / Climate Change Committee / energy from waste News Tesco cuts 20 million pieces of plastic from its Christmas range 9th December 2020 plastic / Plastic Packaging / Tesco News The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for the third year in a row 8th December 2020 Break Free From Plastic / plastic / Plastic Packaging News UK Plastics Pact cuts ‘unnecessary’ plastic by 40% 8th December 2020 plastic / Plastic Packaging / Plastics Pact / WRPA News UK’s first plastic-free lidless disposable coffee cup launches 7th December 2020 ButterflyCup / coffee cups / plastic News Huggies launches baby wipes that biodegrade after 15 days 5th December 2020 Biodegradable Waste / huggies / landfill / plastic Webinar Litter, Covid, Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Action 4th December 2020 Coronavirus / Litter / street cleansing / Technology News ‘Cash strapped’ councils finding it difficult to go green, says report 4th December 2020 Climate Emergency / Green Alliance / local authorities Becoming agile 3rd December 2020 AMCS / digital solutions / sponsored content News Working from home ‘boosts plastic recycling rate’, report finds 3rd December 2020 Coronavirus / plastic / Recoup News Coalition launches roadmap for financing the UK’s nature recovery 3rd December 2020 Climate Change / Green Finance Institute / green recovery Opinion Planning for tomorrow 2nd December 2020 energy from waste / extinction rebellion / Neil Grundon First 1 2 … 146 147 148 … 229 230 Last
