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Scotland to increase single-use plastic bag charge

18th January 2021

Carrier Bag Charge / plastic / Single-Use

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Report: Plastic waste going into landfill could be cut to 1% by 2030

14th January 2021

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UK criticised for not following EU over plastic waste export ban

13th January 2021

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First medicine packet recycling programme launches for UK pharmacies

12th January 2021

healthcare / packaging / plastic / TerraCycle

China trials AI-enabled sorting machines to keep plastic in circular economy

12th January 2021

Alibaba Group / plastic / Technology / Unilever

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Research paves the way for studies on microplastics pollution

6th January 2021

Highways England / Microplastics / plastic

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Plastic exports face disruption amid Basel Convention changes

4th January 2021

Basel Convention / plastic / Waste Exports

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Tesco removes one billion pieces of plastic

4th January 2021

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£26 million to fund innovation projects to deliver UK Plastic Pact Targets

18th December 2020

plastic / The UK Plastics Pact / UKRI

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European Plastics Pact Roadmap launched

17th December 2020

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Advanced recycling of plastics, EPR and festive waste minimisation

16th December 2020

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102 million disposable facemasks discarded each week in the UK

15th December 2020

Coronavirus / NLWA / plastic / Single-Use

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Boots’ beauty product recycling scheme saves over a tonne of plastic from landfill

14th December 2020

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Welsh government backs project to turn waste plastic into carbon nanotubes

14th December 2020

plastic / Swansea University / Wales

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Tesco cuts 20 million pieces of plastic from its Christmas range

9th December 2020

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The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for the third year in a row

8th December 2020

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UK Plastics Pact cuts ‘unnecessary’ plastic by 40%

8th December 2020

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UK’s first plastic-free lidless disposable coffee cup launches

7th December 2020

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