• News Innocent Drinks TV advert banned in UK over ‘greenwashing’ 24th February 2022 Advertising Standards Authority / greenwashing / plastic 9% of global plastic waste is recycled while 22% is ‘mismanaged’ – OECD 23rd February 2022 EPR / landfil / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / plastic Global survey suggests three in four want single-use plastics ‘banned’ 22nd February 2022 international / plastic / plastic free july / Single-Use Project to ‘transform’ municipal waste-derived CO2 into aviation fuels in Portugal 21st February 2022 Sustainable Aviation Fuels / Veolia / Waste to Fuel Over 100,000 used nappies repurposed for road resurfacing in Wales 21st February 2022 Nappy Recycling / Pura NappiCycle / Wales Tesco removes one and a half billion pieces of plastic 21st February 2022 plastic / Supermarkets / Tesco Pollution causing more deaths than COVID – UN report 21st February 2022 international / plastic / Pollution / United Nations Smart Water used to tackle waste crime in Wales 18th February 2022 Natural Resources Wales / Wales / Waste Crime Virgin and Agilyx partner to produce ‘lower carbon fuel’ from plastic waste 18th February 2022 Agilyx / Virgin Group / Waste to Fuel Textiles account for 32% of Scotland’s carbon impact 17th February 2022 local authorities / Scotland / Zero Waste Scotland Aberdeen City Council adds UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell waste truck to fleet 17th February 2022 Aberdeen City Council / hydrogen fuel / local authorities Blockchain based circular system being developed to assess rare earth sustainability 16th February 2022 blockchain / Circularise / Innovation Phones left unused in drawers across the UK could be worth £3.4 billion 15th February 2022 E-Waste / giffgaff / WEEE WasteAid to launch two more initiatives to prevent plastic pollution in Cameroon and South Africa 15th February 2022 Circular Economy / international / WasteAid UK government reviewing the potential of recycling PPE waste 15th February 2022 Coronavirus / PPE FEAD urges more ‘realistic’ deadlines and targets for waste batteries 14th February 2022 battery recycling / EU / FEAD Over 40 brands have signed up to initiative to tackle ‘date label confusion’ 14th February 2022 Food Labels / Food Waste / too good to go Coca-Cola pledges to increase share of sales in refillable bottles 11th February 2022 as you sow / Coca Cola / plastic / refill First 1 2 … 134 135 136 … 308 309 Last