University of Gloucestershire ditches paper prospectuses 11th March 2020 paper / plastic / reduce / The University of Gloucestershire News Government “treating the symptom”, not the cause of plastic pollution 10th March 2020 Green Alliance / plastic / Single-Use / UK Government News Danone to halve amount of virgin plastic used by the water brands 9th March 2020 Circular Economy / Danone / evian / PET / plastic News Europe becomes first regional initiative to join Plastics Pact network 9th March 2020 Ellen MacArthur Foundation / Europe / plastic / WRAP News Plans for UK first plastics to hydrogen facility at Protos approved 4th March 2020 closed-loop solutions / electricity / hydrogen facility / plastic News Legislation to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds enters Parliament 3rd March 2020 plastic / Resources And Waste Strategy / Single-Use / straws News 75% of consumers “consciously” trying to reduce plastic packaging use 3rd March 2020 Marks and Spencer / packaging / plastic / Refill Stations News Manchester Metropolitan University project to transform waste plastic into new products 3rd March 2020 Manchester Metropolitan University / plastic News WRAP launches “Clear on Plastics” campaign 2nd March 2020 clear on plastics / plastic / WRAP News Northern Ireland environmental projects to share £2.2m carrier bag levy money 2nd March 2020 funding / Northern Ireland / plastic / Plastic Bag Levy News DS Smith highlights “alarming” amount of plastic in paper recycling 28th February 2020 contamination / DS Smith / Paper Recycling / plastic News Viridor shares “recycling vision” for plastic in Wales 27th February 2020 plastic / Recycling / Viridor / Wales News Biffa to supply Müller UK with food grade recycled plastic 26th February 2020 Biffa / Muller / packaging / plastic News 300,000 demand government “action on plastic pollution” 26th February 2020 Friends of the Earth / Ocean Plastic / plastic / Pollution News US companies use “misleading” recyclable labels on hundreds of plastic products – Greenpeace 24th February 2020 Greenpeace / labels / MRF / plastic / USA Arsenal FC saves half a million single-use plastic cups 21st February 2020 arsenal fc / Friends of the Earth / plastic / Single-Use Co-op first retailer to introduce recyclable pizza packaging 20th February 2020 Co-Op / packaging / plastic / polystyrene News £1m plan to ditch disposables in Scottish communities 18th February 2020 coffee cups / plastic / Scotland / Single-Use / Zero Waste Scotland First 1 2 … 27 28 29 … 38 39 Last
