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EU Council adopts new rules to ban the top 10 single-use plastic products by 2021
Single-use plastic products will be banned from the market, such as cutlery, plates and straws The Council of the EU today adopted the...
Procter & Gamble to test reusable packaging with Loop
Loop's innovative sustainable platform being tested in the New York metro area this week Procter & Gamble Company announced it is...
Impact of Plastics Reveals Severe Damage to Climate
Plastics industry has been overlooked as a major source of greenhouse gases and a major contributor to global climate change, warns CIEL...
Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers to be banned from April 2020
Government confirms ban on sale and use of products from April 2020 A ban in England on the supply of plastic straws, drink stirrers and...
bluedot announces sustainability programme with Extinction Rebellion and WWF
Forming part of a commitment to continually innovate and advance the sustainability of the festival as well as discuss with audiences the...
Colgate-Palmolive still don't have a reuse/refill strategy
Colgate-Palmolive currently creates 287,000 tonnes of plastic waste a year, but they won't have a reuse/refill strategy until later this...
Parklife reveal their Green Pledge for 2019
Ahead of an eagerly anticipated 10th anniversary edition, Manchester festival Parklife will be enforcing their Green Pledge scheme again...
Shambala will go vehicle-free in 2020.
Shambala Festival to ban all motorised vehicles next year Weeks after confirming cow’s milk will be banned this year, Shambala have...
Prague bans single-use plastic at music festivals
The Czech capital city Prague has banned single-use plastics from being used at all festivals and events sponsored by the city. Since 1st...
Plastic free tent for Festivals
Plastic free tent: This recyclable tent is perfect for festivals as it helps reduce plastic pollution and waste An inventor has created a...
Glastonbury bans plastic bottles for 2019
PLASTIC DRINKS BOTTLES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT GLASTONBURY 2019 For the first time, single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be...
M&S aims to become a zero-waste business by 2025.
M&S has launched a plastic plan as part of its target of becoming a zero-waste business by 2025. M&S is committed to only using plastic...
Just one-third of the world's longest rivers remain free-flowing
Only a little more than one-third of the world's 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, drastically reducing the diverse benefits that...
This new strain of salt water rice could feed 200 million people
In brief An 87-year-old scientist named Yuan Longping has successfully developed rice that can be grown using saltwater. While his rice...
Climate crisis: CO2 levels rise to highest point since evolution of humans
‘We don’t know a planet like this’ Levels of the damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide have reached an alarming new milestone at the...
How a 19th-century doctor saved New York–by planting trees
Trees are everywhere in cities nowadays, but that wasn’t always the case. And their role in protecting cities has never been more...
The best (and easiest) thing your city can do for itself? Plant more trees
Rewilding is already underway in many cities. Now, more cities need to follow their lead. The current climate and ecological crisis...
US ignores plastic pollution
Almost every country in the world agrees deal to cut plastic pollution – except US ‘Countries have decided to do something which will...
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