News Bacteria used to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavouring 22nd June 2021 Innovation / plastic / University of Edinburgh News Report looks at single-use plastic products in travel and tourism 16th June 2021 plastic / The World Travel & Tourism Council / UNEP News Unilever reveals ‘world-first’ paper-based laundry detergent bottle 11th June 2021 packaging / plastic / Unilever Research & Report Pure and simple 9th June 2021 plastic / plastic flake / Plastic Packaging Tax / sorting News New education award to “empower” young people to tackle plastic pollution 8th June 2021 Environment Agency / PiXL / plastic News UN World Oceans Day | 20,000 tonnes of plastic ‘diverted’ from world’s oceans and waterways 8th June 2021 plastic / Waitrose / world oceans day News £6m investment to support recycling of Lucozade bottles 7th June 2021 Lucozade Ribena Suntory / packaging / plastic News Coca-Cola becomes first global partner for river clean-up project 4th June 2021 Ocean Plastic / plastic / The Coca Cola Company / The Ocean Cleanup News 35% of Amazon shareholders support proposal calling for cuts in single-use plastic 3rd June 2021 Amazon.com / packaging / plastic / Single-Use Opinion Why I’m no longer talking to people about how often plastics can be recycled 1st June 2021 packaging / plastic / UKRI News Waitrose ‘Unpacked’ sales grow by almost 9% in six months 1st June 2021 packaging / plastic / Refill Stations / Waitrose News Retail leaders join forces to boost flexible plastic recycling in UK 27th May 2021 Flexible Packaging / packaging / plastic / waste infrastructure Feature WasteAid in Cameroon 26th May 2021 Cameroon / plastic / WasteAid News New funding to reduce plastic packaging’s environmental impact 25th May 2021 packaging / plastic / Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging / UKRI News Deposit Return Scheme should be consistent across UK – EAC 21st May 2021 Deposit Return Scheme / EPR / packaging / plastic News Increase in England’s plastic bag charge comes into force 21st May 2021 Carrier Bag Charge / plastic / Single-Use News UPDATED: Petrochemical industry criticised over “plastification” of oceans 20th May 2021 petrochemical industry / plastic / Single-Use Feature We can no longer afford to ignore plastic film 19th May 2021 Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd / Flexible Plastic Recycling / plastic First 1 2 … 17 18 19 … 38 39 Last