• News Brits ‘most willing’ to change their consumption behaviour 28th August 2020 Circular Economy / consumption / Coronavirus / TOMRA Australia seeks to ‘take responsibility for its waste’ with ‘landmark legislation’ 27th August 2020 Australia / plastic / Waste Exports UK’s carbon emissions fell by almost a third over the lockdown period 26th August 2020 Carbon Emissions / Climate Change / Coronavirus Consumer giants sign up to Plastics Pact as it launches in the US 26th August 2020 Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Plastics Pact / United States Scandinavian waste tyre recycling start-up to open plant at Port of Sunderland 25th August 2020 Port of Sunderland / Waste Tyres / Wastefront £20m plastic-to-hydrogen plant moves forward 25th August 2020 hydrogen facility / Peel L&P Environmental / plastic Jaguar Land Rover set to cut emissions by a quarter using recycled aluminium 25th August 2020 Aluminium Recycling / Closed Loop Recycling / Jaguar Land Rover Kent councils urge magistrates to take greater action on fly tippers 24th August 2020 Fly-Tipping / Kent Resource Partnership / Waste Crime UK plastics reprocessing capacity ‘needs to double’ by 2022 – RECOUP 24th August 2020 ESA / plastic / Plastic Tax / Recoup Earth Overshoot Day: COVID-19 has caused humanity’s Ecological Footprint to contract 21st August 2020 Climate Change / Earth Overshoot Day / Global Footprint Network Global Study: At least 10 times more plastic in Atlantic than previously thought 21st August 2020 microplastic / National Oceanography Centre / Ocean Plastic UK’s ‘low-carbon future needs to be circular’ – University of Leeds researchers 21st August 2020 Circular Economy / end of life / renewable energy ESA to launch battery recycling campaign in bid to reduce waste fires 20th August 2020 battery waste / E-Waste / ESA / Waste Fires Sainsbury’s and Tesco join global food waste coalition 20th August 2020 Food Loss / Food Waste / Sainsbury’s / SDGs / Tesco Evidence plastic is ‘making its way into our bodies’, say scientists 19th August 2020 American Chemical Society / health and safety / microplastic / plastic John Lewis trials ‘sharing economy’ furniture rental service 19th August 2020 Circular Economy / John Lewis / sharing economy UK Government to set legally binding targets to help “build back greener” 19th August 2020 build back greener / Circular Economy / Climate Change / Defra Biffa cuts emissions by transporting waste by rail 18th August 2020 Biffa / Climate Change / Waste Management First 1 2 … 181 182 183 … 308 309 Last
