News Consumer goods companies set industry principles for chemical-based recycling methods 14th April 2022 chemical recycling / plastic / The Consumer Goods Forum News “World’s first” tyres made with polyester from recycled PET bottles launched by Continental 13th April 2022 Continental / plastic / Tyres The Coca-Cola Company teams up with Bill Nye to ‘demystify recycling’ 6th April 2022 behaviour change / plastic / The Coca Cola Company News Over three quarters of British businesses ‘still unaware’ of Plastic Packaging Tax 30th March 2022 packaging / plastic / Plastic Tax News Concerns that businesses are unprepared for plastic tax 24th March 2022 plastic / Plastic Tax / Re-Gen News PepsiCo makes pledge to reduce single-use packaging 22nd March 2022 as you sow / packaging / Pepsico / plastic News Viridor’s new £317m plastics reprocessing centre officially opens 8th March 2022 infrastructure / plastic / Viridor / Waste Exports News Nations agree ‘historic’ treaty to end plastic pollution 3rd March 2022 plastic / UN Environment Assembly / UNEP News £30 million boost for plastic packaging reuse and recycling innovations 2nd March 2022 plastic / Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging / UKRI News Report: Mechanical plastics recycling grows despite feedstock slowdown 1st March 2022 AMI / mechanical plastics recycling / plastic News Sell fresh uncut produce loose to reduce food and plastic waste, says WRAP report 28th February 2022 packaging / plastic / WRAP News Innocent Drinks TV advert banned in UK over ‘greenwashing’ 24th February 2022 Advertising Standards Authority / greenwashing / plastic Opinion Turning a blind eye 23rd February 2022 bakers basco / Circular Economy / plastic News 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 News Global survey suggests three in four want single-use plastics ‘banned’ 22nd February 2022 international / plastic / plastic free july / Single-Use News Tesco removes one and a half billion pieces of plastic 21st February 2022 plastic / Supermarkets / Tesco News Pollution causing more deaths than COVID – UN report 21st February 2022 international / plastic / Pollution / United Nations Feature Balancing the needs of the circular economy and a toxic-free world 16th February 2022 Axion / persistent organic pollutants / plastic First 1 2 … 13 14 15 … 38 39 Last
