News COVID-19 | Waste sector recognised as “critical” | England suspends bag charge for online deliveries 20th March 2020 Carrier Bag Levy / Coronavirus / waste collection News “Hard to recycle” single use plastics to be banned in Wales 18th March 2020 Litter / Ocean Plastics / plastic / Single-Use / Wales News Iceland announces 29% reduction in plastic usage 16th March 2020 Iceland / packaging / plastic / Supermarkets News UK must invest £7.5bn in infrastructure to deal with plastic waste 16th March 2020 infrastructure / Peel Environmental / plastic News MPs relaunch e-waste and circular economy inquiry 13th March 2020 Circular Economy / E-Waste / EAC / WEEE News Budget Reactions | Plastic packaging tax makes the UK a “lodestar” in new net-zero age 12th March 2020 Budget / Climate Change / EPR / packaging / plastic University of Gloucestershire ditches paper prospectuses 11th March 2020 paper / plastic / reduce / The University of Gloucestershire News Starbucks trials “NextGen” Cup solution 10th March 2020 Coffee Cup Recycling / compostable / Single-Use / Starbucks News Government “treating the symptom”, not the cause of plastic pollution 10th March 2020 Green Alliance / plastic / Single-Use / UK Government News News in brief | Over two tonnes of litter collected during road closure 6th March 2020 Anaerobic Digestion / Food Waste / Litter / reuse News New laws to make Europe “first climate neutral continent” by 2050 5th March 2020 Climate Change / European Commission News Plans for UK first plastics to hydrogen facility at Protos approved 4th March 2020 closed-loop solutions / electricity / hydrogen facility / plastic News Legislation to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds enters Parliament 3rd March 2020 plastic / Resources And Waste Strategy / Single-Use / straws Feature 10 sustainability trends for the new decade 3rd March 2020 sustainability / Sustainable Development Goals / veris News 75% of consumers “consciously” trying to reduce plastic packaging use 3rd March 2020 Marks and Spencer / packaging / plastic / Refill Stations News WRAP launches “Clear on Plastics” campaign 2nd March 2020 clear on plastics / plastic / WRAP News Northern Ireland environmental projects to share £2.2m carrier bag levy money 2nd March 2020 funding / Northern Ireland / plastic / Plastic Bag Levy News Scotland launches Environment Strategy 2nd March 2020 environment strategy / resources / Scotland First 1 2 … 166 167 168 … 229 230 Last