• News European Commission to establish carbon footprint declaration for batteries 11th December 2020 Batteries / Circular Economy / European Commission Dame Glenys Stacey selected as preferred chair for new green watchdog 11th December 2020 Dame Glenys Stacey / Environment Bill / Office for Environmental Protection Wood Recyclers’ Association to challenge hazardous waste regulations 10th December 2020 hazardous waste / HWRCs / The Wood Recyclers’ Association Unilever and Starbucks join alliance to boost anaerobic digestion use in US 10th December 2020 Anaerobic Digestion / Farm Powered Strategic Alliance / Starbucks / Unilever Waste sector emissions can be reduced by 75% by 2050 – CCC 9th December 2020 Climate Change / Climate Change Committee / energy from waste Conwy pilots new digital deposit return scheme for plastic bottles 9th December 2020 Conwy County Council / DRS / Wales Tesco cuts 20 million pieces of plastic from its Christmas range 9th December 2020 plastic / Plastic Packaging / Tesco 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 UK Plastics Pact cuts ‘unnecessary’ plastic by 40% 8th December 2020 plastic / Plastic Packaging / Plastics Pact / WRPA UK’s first plastic-free lidless disposable coffee cup launches 7th December 2020 ButterflyCup / coffee cups / plastic French pilot uses chemically recycled polystyrene in yogurt pots 7th December 2020 Circular Economy / plastic / polystyrene Huggies launches baby wipes that biodegrade after 15 days 5th December 2020 Biodegradable Waste / huggies / landfill / plastic ‘Cash strapped’ councils finding it difficult to go green, says report 4th December 2020 Climate Emergency / Green Alliance / local authorities £500k boost for UK recycling as Ecosurety Exploration Fund winners revealed 4th December 2020 CellMine / Ecosurety Exploration Fund / Fit for Reuse Working from home ‘boosts plastic recycling rate’, report finds 3rd December 2020 Coronavirus / plastic / Recoup Coalition launches roadmap for financing the UK’s nature recovery 3rd December 2020 Climate Change / Green Finance Institute / green recovery Council waste teams to get access to ‘transformational’ training bursaries 2nd December 2020 local authorities / Re-Gen Academy / training Innovate UK funding secured to prototype ‘Fitbit for plastic’ app 2nd December 2020 funding / Innovate UK / myplasticdiary / plastic First 1 2 … 173 174 175 … 311 312 Last
